Apport on Ubuntu race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apport on Ubuntu. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes race condition. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1325. The attack can only be executed locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apport on Ubuntu (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Race condition in Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.

The bug was discovered 05/21/2015. The weakness was shared 08/25/2017 by Philip Pettersson as EDB-ID 37088 as confirmed exploit (Exploit-DB). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-1325 since 01/22/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by rebel and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83777 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : apport vulnerabilities (USN-2609-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196112 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Apport Vulnerabilities (USN-2609-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37088), Tenable (83777) and SecurityFocus (BID 74769†). The entry VDB-105738 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: rebel
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Nessus ID: 83777
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : apport vulnerabilities (USN-2609-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for apport USN-2609-1
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: EDB-ID 37088
Researcher: Philip Pettersson
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-1325 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1325
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105739
SecurityFocus: 74769 - Apport CVE-2015-1325 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2017 06:44
Updated: 11/03/2025 21:56
Changes: 08/27/2017 06:44 (74), 11/10/2019 11:12 (11), 11/23/2024 21:47 (17), 11/03/2025 21:56 (2)
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