Vulnerability · Published Jun 4, 2024 · Assigned by canonical

CVE-2022-28658

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Apport from Canonical Ltd.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Apport argument parsing mishandles filename splitting on older kernels resulting in argument spoofing

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSapport2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1USN-5427-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSapport2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28658

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Canonical Ltd. Apport 0 – before 2.21.0

References