Improper Privilege Management in apport (Ubuntu package) - CVE-2023-1326
Published: April 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75110
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1326
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Canonical Ltd.
Affected software:
apport (Ubuntu package)
apport (Ubuntu package)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in apport-cli. A local user can escalate privileges on a system that is specially configured to allow unprivileged users to run sudo apport-cli, when less is configured as the pager, and the terminal size can be set.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-1326
Install updates from vendor's website.