{
  "cveId": "CVE-2019-15790",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15790",
  "summary": "CVE-2019-15790 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8, released October 28, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "apport: Apport reads and writes information on a crashed process to /proc/pid with elevated privileges",
  "description": "Apport reads and writes information on a crashed process to /proc/pid with elevated privileges. Apport then determines which user the crashed process belongs to by reading /proc/pid through get_pid_info() in data/apport. An unprivileged user could exploit this to read information about a privileged running process by exploiting PID recycling. This information could then be used to obtain ASLR offsets for a process with an existing memory corruption vulnerability. The initial fix introduced regressions in the Python Apport library due to a missing argument in Report.add_proc_environ in apport/report.py. It also caused an autopkgtest failure when reading /proc/pid and with Python 2 compatibility by reading /proc maps. The initial and subsequent regression fixes are in 2.20.11-0ubuntu16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.6, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22 and 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29\u002Besm3.",
  "published": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "epss": 0.00523,
  "epssPercentile": 0.44642,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "apport",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-apport-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "apport-gtk",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "apport-gtk 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-apport-gtk-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "apport-kde",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "apport-kde 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-apport-kde-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "apport-noui",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "apport-noui 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-apport-noui-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "apport-retrace",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "apport-retrace 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-apport-retrace-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "apport-valgrind",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "apport-valgrind 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-apport-valgrind-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "dh-apport",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "dh-apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-dh-apport-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "python-apport",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "python-apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-python-apport-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "python-problem-report",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "python-problem-report 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-python-problem-report-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "python3-apport",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "python3-apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-python3-apport-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "python3-problem-report",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "fix": "python3-problem-report 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-python3-problem-report-2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
      "released": "2019-10-28T17:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T00:53:09Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
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}