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High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-32551

CVE-2021-32551

Description

It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-15 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

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Affected products

7
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Openjdk/OpenJDKllm-fuzzy
  • Canonical/apport-clicpe-rescue
    Range: 2.20.1

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