CVE-2020-15701— Unhandled exception in apport
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2020-15701
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Unhandled exception in apport
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability 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.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
对异常条件的处理不恰当
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Apport 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Apport是一款用于收集并反馈错误信息（当应用程序崩溃时操作系统认为有用的信息）的工具包。 Apport中存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于程序没有正确地解析配置文件。本地攻击者可利用该漏洞造成拒绝服务（崩溃）。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1877023x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15701
Same Patch Batch · Canonical · 2020-08-06 · 3 CVEs total
| CVE-2020-15702 | 7.0 HIGH | TOCTOU in apport |
| CVE-2020-11937 | 5.5 MEDIUM | Resource exhaustion vulnerability in whoopsie |
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