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CVE-2020-15701

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.119

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) apport_2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24_all.debLinux
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) apport_2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16_all.debLinux
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) apport_2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6_all.debLinux
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) python-apport_2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24_all.debLinux
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) python-apport_2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16_all.debLinux
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) python3-apport_2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24_all.debLinux
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) python3-apport_2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16_all.debLinux
automatically generate crash reports for debugging (USN-4449-1) python3-apport_2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6_all.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234