Fixed upstream in https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.17.2
** Changed in: apport
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Vivid)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1444518
Title:
Insecure /proc/net/unix parsing
Status in Apport crash detection/reporting:
Fix Released
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
Status in apport source package in Trusty:
Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Utopic:
Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Vivid:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
The fix in USN-2569-1 introduced a vulnerability when parsing
/proc/net/unix.
There is a known issue in the kernel where newlines aren't being escaped
properly:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg320556.html
Resulting in Tavis Ormandy finding a new issue:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/18
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