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CVE-2015-1341

Apport privilege escalation through Python module imports

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Fix
Fixed in 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13, 2.19.1-0ubuntu4, 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.7, 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18, 2.19.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Any Python module in sys.path can be imported if the command line of the process triggering the coredump is Python and the first argument is -m in Apport before 2.19.2 function _python_module_path.

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Affected versions

  • Ubuntu Apport

    fixed in 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13; fixed in 2.19.1-0ubuntu4; fixed in 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.7; fixed in 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18; fixed in 2.19.2

References 2

launchpad.net

usn.ubuntu.com