CVE-2020-8833
Medium
Description
Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition vulnerability on crash report ownership change in Apport allows for a possible privilege escalation opportunity. If fs.protected_symlinks is disabled, this can be exploited between the os.open and os.chown calls when the Apport cron script clears out crash files of size 0. A symlink with the same name as the deleted file can then be created upon which chown will be called, changing the file owner to root. Fixed in versions 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14, 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.8 and 2.20.11-0ubuntu22.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.6
Exploit probability—
ProductCanonical Ubuntu Linux
PublishedApr 22, 2020
First seenApr 22, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-367CWE-367
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10 | — |
| apport_project apport | No range specified | — |
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