Race condition in Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1325
Reference (s):
- BID:74769
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74769
- EXPLOIT-DB:37088
- URL: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37088/
- MLIST:[oss-security] 20150521 CVE-2015-1325 apport race conditions / ubuntu local root