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CVE-2019-11482

Published: 29 October 2019

Sander Bos discovered a time of check to time of use (TOCTTOU) vulnerability in apport that allowed a user to cause core files to be written in arbitrary directories.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
apport
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8)
disco
Released (2.20.10-0ubuntu27.2)
eoan
Released (2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1)
trusty
Released (2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.7
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N