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Ubuntu 25.04: 7545-3 Critical: Apport Error Handling Regression

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
USN-7545-1 introduced a regression in Apport
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7545-3
July 14, 2025

apport regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

USN-7545-1 introduced a regression in Apport

Software Description:
- 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 25.04
  apport                          2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
  python3-apport                  2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  apport                          2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
  python3-apport                  2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9
  python3-apport                  2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30
  python3-apport                  2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python-apport                   2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-apport                  2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python-apport                   2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-apport                  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30

Ubuntu 25.04: 7545-3 Critical: Apport Error Handling Regression

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Upgrade Apport in Ubuntu distributions to resolve a bug that caused issues during crash analysis and inadvertently exposed confidential information.
USN-7545-1 introduced a regression in Apport

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: USN-7545-1 introduced a regression in Apport Software Description: - 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.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 apport 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3 python3-apport 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS apport 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 python3-apport 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9 python3-apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30 python3-apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro python-apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro python-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7545-3

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30

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