Description

There is a race condition in the 'replaced executable' detection that, with the correct local configuration, allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.

Related CPE's

a

canonical

apport

Vulnerable

o

canonical

ubuntu_linux

4

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1948376

Issue TrackingPatch

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1

Vendor Advisory

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3899

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1948376

Issue TrackingPatch

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1

Vendor Advisory

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3899

Third Party Advisory

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Secondary
CWE-367

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 · High

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2024-06-03T19:15:08.940

1 year ago

Last modified

2025-08-26T17:21:04.500

4 months ago