CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-15701

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Published: Aug 06, 2020 | Modified: Jan 24, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu9 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu9 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu10 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu10 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu11 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu11 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu12 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu12 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu13 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu13 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu14 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu14 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu15 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu15 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu16 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu16 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu17 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu17 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu18 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu18 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu19 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu19 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu20 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu20 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu21 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu21 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu22 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu22 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu23 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu23 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu24 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu24 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu25 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu25 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu26 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu26 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 (including)
Apport Canonical 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.5 (including) 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.5 (including)
Apport Ubuntu bionic *
Apport Ubuntu devel *
Apport Ubuntu eoan *
Apport Ubuntu focal *
Apport Ubuntu trusty *
Apport Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Apport Ubuntu xenial *

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