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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Apport regressions (USN-3480-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104712

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3480-2 advisory.

 USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177 introduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that configured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled crash forwarding to containers. This update addresses the problems.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104712

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3480-2.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2017

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-apport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-retrace, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-problem-report, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-noui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-apport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-valgrind, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dh-apport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-kde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-problem-report

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2018

Reference Information

USN: 3480-2