title: apport get_modified_conffiles() function command injection
description: It was discovered that the get_modified_conffiles() function in backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py allowed injecting modified package names in a manner that would confuse the dpkg(1) call.
problem types: CWE-78 OS Command Injection
affected:
{
product: apport
vendor: Canonical
versions:
lessThan: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1, status: affected, version: 2.20.1, versionType: custom
lessThan: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24, status: affected, version: 2.20.9, versionType: custom
lessThan: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18, status: affected, version: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27, versionType: custom
lessThan: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7, status: affected, version: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50, versionType: custom
lessThan: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1, status: affected, version: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65, versionType: custom
lessThan: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7, status: affected, version: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 3.8
baseSeverity: LOW
confidentialityImpact: LOW
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
version: 3.1
]