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CVE-2019-11481 Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges

Description

Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
apport 2.20 2.20.1 → < 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20
apport 2.14 2.14.1 → < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2

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