Apport can be tricked into connecting to arbitrary sockets as the root user

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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5427-1 Apport vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6894-1 Apport vulnerabilities
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical apport
Canonical ubuntu Linux
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical apport
Canonical ubuntu Linux

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0004}

epss

{'score': 0.00061}


Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-27T19:31:12.082Z

Reserved: 2022-04-05T14:45:10.551Z

Link: CVE-2022-1242

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:55:24.448Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-03T19:15:09.143

Modified: 2025-08-22T15:48:00.753

Link: CVE-2022-1242

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses