Canonical Apport prior 2.33.0-0ubuntu1 process_crash incorrect ownership assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Canonical Apport. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is the function process_crash. The manipulation results in incorrect ownership assignment. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-5467. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Canonical Apport. Affected is the function process_crash. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect ownership assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-708. The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

It was discovered that process_crash() in data/apport in Canonical's Apport crash reporting tool may create crash files with incorrect group ownership, possibly exposing crash information beyond expected or intended groups.

The weakness was presented by Rich Mirch. The advisory is shared for download at stratascale.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-5467 since 06/02/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm5, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm1, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.28, 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.7, 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.6, 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.1 or 2.33.0-0ubuntu1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• Canonical

Name

• Apport

License

• free

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incorrect ownership assignment
CWE: CWE-708 / CWE-285 / 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: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm5/2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm1/2.20.11-0ubuntu27.28/2.20.11-0ubuntu82.7/2.28.1-0ubuntu3.6/2.32.0-0ubuntu5.1/2.33.0-0ubuntu1

Timelineinfo

06/02/2025 CVE reserved
12/10/2025 +191 days Advisory disclosed
12/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/17/2025 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: stratascale.com
Researcher: Rich Mirch
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-5467 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-5467
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-335628

Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2025 20:17
Updated: 12/17/2025 18:28
Changes: 12/10/2025 20:17 (66), 12/11/2025 12:39 (1), 12/17/2025 18:28 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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