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CVE-2019-11485

apport created lock file in wrong directory

Low3.3EPSS 0.26%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
canonical

Description

Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2019-11485, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
canonicalCNA (assigner)3.1Low3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Low3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Canonical · apport

    • affected 2.14.1 – < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2
    • affected 2.20.1 – < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20
    • affected 2.20.9 – < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8
    • affected 2.20.11 – < 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1

References (2)

Sources

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