🛡️ USN-6018-1 — apport
Description
apport vulnerability
Chen Lu, Lei Wang, and YiQi Sun discovered a privilege escalation
vulnerability in apport-cli when viewing crash reports and unprivileged
users are allowed to run sudo less. A local attacker on a specially
configured system could use this to escalate their privilege.
Affected software
USN-6018-1 is recorded against 1 package.
- apport (fixed in 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4)
Timeline and source
Published on 13 April 2023 and last revised on 10 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Report)
launchpad.net (Report)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| apport | — | 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4 |
References
Similar Threats
- Low CVE-2025-5467
- Medium CVE-2025-5054
- High CVE-2022-28653
- Medium CVE-2022-28652
- Medium CVE-2022-28654
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