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01 Record

CVE-2021-32557

apport process_report() arbitrary file write

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: canonical
CNA base score5.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

02 Description

apport process_report() arbitrary file write

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 32.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-06-12 03:40Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 17:53Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-05-10
Assigning CNA
canonical
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.2)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
  • CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) FollowingCompound
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a0a20da13e93e6567b5c0308994020540684b7e793601ef78d19be4013de2bd1

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Canonicalapport2.20.1 to < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1, 2.20.9 to < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 to < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18, 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 to < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7, 2.20.11-0ubuntu65 to < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1, 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 to < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • apport
    Fixed in 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • apport
    Fixed in 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • apport
    Fixed in 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • apport
    Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.