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Ubuntu 22.04: Apport Important Regression Issue USN-7545-4

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Calendar Grey August 4, 2025
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The Aprior patch on Ubuntu may expose confidential details, implement an upgrade to address vulnerabilities and bolster overall system defense.
USN-7545-1 introduced a regression in Apport

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 incorrectly

handled logging 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.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
  python3-apport                  2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.11-0ubuntu27.31
  python3-apport                  2.20.11-0ubuntu27.31

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python-apport                   2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-apport                  2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  apport                          2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python-apport                   2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-apport                  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7545-4

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7545-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7545-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7545-4

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/2117236

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7545-4

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak Ubuntu important information apport

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu27.31

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