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Vulnerability · Published Jun 11, 2021 · Assigned by canonical

CVE-2021-25682apport improperly parses /proc/pid/status

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in apport from Canonical. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

It was discovered that the get_pid_info() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/status file from the kernel.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Canonical apport 2.20.1 – before 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.302.20.9 – before 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.232.20.11-0ubuntu27 – before 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.162.20.11-0ubuntu50 – before 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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