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Vulnerability · Published Jun 12, 2021 · Assigned by canonical

CVE-2021-32556apport get_modified_conffiles() function command injection

Low 3.8

In plain English

A low-severity OS command injection 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 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.8Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

It was discovered that the get_modified_conffiles() function in backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py allowed injecting modified package names in a manner that would confuse the dpkg(1) call.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Canonical apport 2.20.1 – before 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm12.20.9 – before 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.242.20.11-0ubuntu27 – before 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.182.20.11-0ubuntu50 – before 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.72.20.11-0ubuntu65 – before 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.12.14.1-0ubuntu3 – before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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