CVE-2021-3710

6.5 MEDIUM

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file()

Published: 2021-10-01 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-22, CWE-24

Affected products

Vendor	Product
canonical	apport

Description

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file(). This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.3;

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3710
[Vendor advisory]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1933832
[Other]https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3710
[Vendor advisory]https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-1
[Vendor advisory]https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-2
[Vendor advisory]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1933832
[Other]https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3710
[Vendor advisory]https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-1
[Vendor advisory]https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-2

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