This is also fall out of the following change: - SECURITY FIX: Fix all writers of report files (package_hook, kernel_crashdump, and similar) to open the report file exclusively, i. e. fail if they already exist. This prevents privilege escalation through symlink attacks. Note that this will also prevent overwriting previous reports with the same same. Thanks to halfdog for discovering this! (CVE-2015-1338, LP: #1492570)
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2015-1338 ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Information type changed from Private to Public ** Tags added: rls-w-incoming -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500541 Title: apport-retrace crashed with IOError in __main__: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash' Status in apport package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: apport did not have the permissions to read the crash report in /var/crash, since I ran it as unpriviledged user. I think apport could handle this more gracefully :) ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: apport-retrace 2.19-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-11.13-generic 4.2.1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportLog: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/apport.log' ApportVersion: 2.19-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Sep 28 19:22:10 2015 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apport-retrace InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-08 (993 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 JournalErrors: No journal files were found. -- No entries -- PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/apport-retrace _usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/apport-retrace', '_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash'] SourcePackage: apport Title: apport-retrace crashed with IOError in __main__: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash' Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/apport-retrace", line 405, in <module> out = open(options.report, 'wb') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: audio bluetooth colord disk fuse games libvirtd operator pulse sudo syslog users vboxusers video whoopsie wireshark To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1500541/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp