USN-7545-3: Apport regression

Publication date

14 July 2025

Overview

USN-7545-1 introduced a regression in Apport


Packages

  • apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

USN-7545-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update introduced a
regression that raised an error if a crashing process was killed while
Apport was analyzing it. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Qualys discovered that Apport incorrectly handled metadata when
processing application crashes. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to leak sensitive information.

USN-7545-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update introduced a
regression that raised an error if a crashing process was killed while
Apport was analyzing it. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Qualys discovered that Apport incorrectly handled metadata when
processing application crashes. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to leak sensitive information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky apport –  2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
python3-apport –  2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
24.04 noble apport –  2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
python3-apport –  2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
22.04 jammy apport –  2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9
python3-apport –  2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9
20.04 focal apport –  2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30
python3-apport –  2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30
18.04 bionic apport –  2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3  
python-apport –  2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3  
python3-apport –  2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3  
16.04 xenial apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7  
python-apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7  
python3-apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7  

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