Upstream information

CVE-2020-15701 at MITRE

Description

An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.5 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1174108 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 apport Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apport Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 14 08:15:30 2020
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 19:01:43 2024