CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-32551

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-06-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59, CWE-61

Description

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-15 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 20.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 20.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 21.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 21.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following weakness

References