Ubuntu alert USN-4051-2 (apport)

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"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com> 
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
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[USN-4051-2] Apport vulnerability 
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Tue, 9 Jul 2019 13:08:07 -0300
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<20190709160806.GA518@blu3l41n>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4051-2
July 09, 2019

apport vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Apport could be made to expose sensitive information in crash reports.

Software Description:
- apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details:

USN-4051-1 fixed a vulnerability in apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user's local
 Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause
 Apport to include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  python-apport                   2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1
  python3-apport                  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4051-2
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4051-1
  CVE-2019-7307
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