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CVE-2021-3710

Publication date 14 September 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file(). This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.3;

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apport 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
21.10 impish
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5077-1
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 14 September 2021
    • USN-5077-2
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 14 September 2021

Other references