VDB-149811 · CVE-2019-11483 · usn-4171-1

Apport Crash Dump information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apport. This affects an unknown part of the component Crash Dump Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-11483. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apport (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Crash Dump Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.

The weakness was released 02/08/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-11483 since 04/23/2019. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-149813, VDB-149810 and VDB-149809. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

Apport

License

free

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 3.3
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CNA Base Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/23/2019 🔍
02/08/2020 +291 days 🔍
02/08/2020 +0 days 🔍
11/03/2025 +2095 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: usn-4171-1
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-11483 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11483
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149811
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2020 15:46
Updated: 11/03/2025 21:56
Changes: 02/08/2020 15:46 (35), 02/08/2020 15:51 (11), 03/29/2024 07:59 (17), 03/29/2024 08:05 (19), 11/03/2025 21:56 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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