Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-11482 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 1.9 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
canonical
apport-project
CWE-367
nessus
NVD
Published: 2020-02-08
Updated: 2020-02-12

Summary

Sander Bos discovered a time of check to time of use (TOCTTOU) vulnerability in apport that allowed a user to cause core files to be written in arbitrary directories.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Canonical
5
Application
Apport_Project
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links
    This attack leverages the use of symbolic links (Symlinks) in order to write to sensitive files. An attacker can create a Symlink link to a target file not otherwise accessible to her. When the privileged program tries to create a temporary file with the same name as the Symlink link, it will actually write to the target file pointed to by the attackers' Symlink link. If the attacker can insert malicious content in the temporary file she will be writing to the sensitive file by using the Symlink. The race occurs because the system checks if the temporary file exists, then creates the file. The attacker would typically create the Symlink during the interval between the check and the creation of the temporary file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
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    descriptionKevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481) Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11482) Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11483) Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation. This could be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of service against Apport. (CVE-2019-11485) Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various process-specific files with elevated privileges during crash dump generation. This could could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-15790). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
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    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.04 / 19.10 : apport vulnerabilities (USN-4171-1)
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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
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  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-11481", "CVE-2019-11482", "CVE-2019-11483", "CVE-2019-11485", "CVE-2019-15790");
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"Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled
settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker
to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences.
(CVE-2019-11481)

Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash
report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged
user. (CVE-2019-11482)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash
report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged
user. (CVE-2019-11483)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation. This could
be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of service against
Apport. (CVE-2019-11485)

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various process-specific files
with elevated privileges during crash dump generation. This could
could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a
privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-15790).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
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  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

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include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04|18\.04|19\.04|19\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 19.04 / 19.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.10-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.10-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.10-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "apport / python-apport / python3-apport");
}
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
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    descriptionUSN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression in the Python Apport library. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details : Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481) Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11482) Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11483) Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation. This could be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of service against Apport. (CVE-2019-11485) Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various process-specific files with elevated privileges during crash dump generation. This could could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-15790). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
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    modified2020-06-02
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    published2019-11-06
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2019-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.04 / 19.10 : apport regression (USN-4171-3)
    code
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4171-3. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

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  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-11481", "CVE-2019-11482", "CVE-2019-11483", "CVE-2019-11485", "CVE-2019-15790");
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  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

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"USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a
regression in the Python Apport library. This update fixes the
problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details :

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled
settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker
to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences.
(CVE-2019-11481)

Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core
dump creation. This could be used by a local attacker to
generate a crash report for a privileged process that is
readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11482)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps
originating from containers. This could be used by a local
attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process
that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11483)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation.
This could be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of
service against Apport. (CVE-2019-11485)

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various
process-specific files with elevated privileges during crash
dump generation. This could could be used by a local
attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process
that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-15790).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
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include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04|18\.04|19\.04|19\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 19.04 / 19.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.10-0ubuntu27.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.10-0ubuntu27.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.10-0ubuntu27.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2")) flag++;

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{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
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}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
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  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "apport / python-apport / python3-apport");
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#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4171-5. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
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Original advisory details :

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled
settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker
to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences.
(CVE-2019-11481)

Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core
dump creation. This could be used by a local attacker to
generate a crash report for a privileged process that is
readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11482)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps
originating from containers. This could be used by a local
attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process
that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11483)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation.
This could be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of
service against Apport. (CVE-2019-11485)

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various
process-specific files with elevated privileges during crash
dump generation. This could could be used by a local
attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process
that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-15790).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/02/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04|18\.04|19\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 19.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"python3-apport", pkgver:"2.20.11-0ubuntu8.6")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "apport / python-apport / python3-apport");
}

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