Low severity3.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-11481
CVE-2019-11481
Description
Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.
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Affected products
2- Range: 2.14.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.htmlnvd
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