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CVE-2016-1585

Published: 22 April 2019

In all versions of AppArmor mount rules are accidentally widened when compiled.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the AppArmor policy compiler incorrectly generated looser restrictions than expected for rules allowing mount operations. A local attacker could possibly use this to bypass AppArmor restrictions in applications where some mount operations were permitted.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
apparmor policies that do not grant the ability to perform
any mount permissions are not affected.
alexmurray
Original fix introduced a regression, requiring the fix from
https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/merge_requests/1048 as well
sbeattie
additional regression fix in
https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/merge_requests/1054

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
apparmor
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needed

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needed

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
mantic Not vulnerable
(4.0.0~alpha2-0ubuntu5)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Needs triage

upstream
Released (3.1.4)
xenial Needs triage

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/merge_requests/333
upstream: https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/merge_requests/1023
upstream: https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/merge_requests/1029

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H