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CVE-2020-15701

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/08/2020
Last modified:
24/01/2023

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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