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CVE-2021-25683

Publication date 2 February 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

It was discovered that the get_starttime() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/stat file from the kernel.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apport 20.10 groovy
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30
14.04 LTS trusty

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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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4720-1
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 2 February 2021
    • USN-4720-2
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 3 February 2021

Other references