It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-16 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2021-06-12T03:40:39.859698Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:37:33.692Z

Reserved: 2021-05-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-32552

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-06-12T04:15:12.080

Modified: 2021-06-15T15:28:12.410

Link: CVE-2021-32552

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