CVE-2021-25684 is a vulnerability in Canonical Apport
Published on June 11, 2021
apport can be stalled by reading a FIFO
It was discovered that apport in data/apport did not properly open a report file to prevent hanging reads on a FIFO.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-25684 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-25684
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Affected Versions
Canonical apport:- Version 2.20.1 and below 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30 is affected.
- Version 2.20.9 and below 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23 is affected.
- Version 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 and below 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 is affected.
- Version 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 and below 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.