kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via…

Description

kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.91% · top 40% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• USN-2744-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 38353 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1492570 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20150927 Apport kernel_crashdump symlink vulnerability exploitation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133723/Ubuntu-Apport-kernel_crashdump-Symlink.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 04:40 UTC.