CVE-2019-11485

Publication date 29 October 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3 · Low

Score breakdown

Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apport 19.10 eoan
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4171-1
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 30 October 2019
    • USN-4171-2
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 4 November 2019

Other references