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Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2021 · Assigned by canonical

CVE-2021-3710Apport info disclosure via path traversal bug in read_file

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file(). This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.3;

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Canonical apport 2.14.1 – before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm82.20.1 – before 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm22.20.9 – before 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.262.20.11 – before 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20

Weakness: CWE-24 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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