CVE-2021-25684

HIGH

apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu1-2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30 - Denial of Service via FIFO Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

It was discovered that apport in data/apport did not properly open a report file to prevent hanging reads on a FIFO.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1912326

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
canonical/apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30
Published Jun 11, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026