Upstream information
Description
It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the xorg-hwe-18.04 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having low severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.1 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | apport-crashdb-sle | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Sat Jun 12 11:11:00 2021CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 19:30:43 2024