CVE-2015-1325

Publication date 21 May 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Race condition in Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apport	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 2.17.3-0ubuntu1
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9

Notes

mdeslaur

2609-1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.0 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.0 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2609-1
Apport vulnerabilities
21 May 2015

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1325