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CVE-2015-1324

Publication date 21 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apport 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
15.10 wily
Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
14.10 utopic
Fixed 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9

Notes

mdeslaur

2609-1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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