VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-3710
An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file().
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.46%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file(). This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.3;
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-24, CWE-22
- Affected
- canonical/apport
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1933832Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3710Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-1Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-2Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1933832Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3710Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-1Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-2Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.