[ubuntu/bionic-security] apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.28 (Accepted)

[Marc Deslauriers]

apport (2.20.9-0ubuntu7.28) bionic-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix multiple security issues
    - test/test_report.py: Fix flaky test.
    - data/apport: Fix too many arguments for error_log().
    - data/apport: Use proper argument variable name executable_path.
    - etc/init.d/apport: Set core_pipe_limit to a non-zero value to make
      sure the kernel waits for apport to finish before removing the /proc
      information.
    - apport/fileutils.py, data/apport: Search for executable name if one
      wan't provided such as when being called in a container.
    - data/apport: Limit memory and duration of gdbus call. (CVE-2022-28654,
      CVE-2022-28656)
    - data/apport, apport/fileutils.py, test/test_fileutils.py: Validate
      D-Bus socket location. (CVE-2022-28655)
    - apport/fileutils.py, test/test_fileutils.py: Turn off interpolation
      in get_config() to prevent DoS attacks. (CVE-2022-28652)
    - Refactor duplicate code into search_map() function.
    - Switch from chroot to container to validating socket owner.
      (CVE-2022-1242, CVE-2022-28657)
    - data/apport: Clarify error message.
    - apport/fileutils.py: Fix typo in comment.
    - apport/fileutils.py: Do not call str in loop.
    - data/apport, etc/init.d/apport: Switch to using non-positional
      arguments. Get real UID and GID from the kernel and make sure they
      match the process. Also fix executable name space handling in
      argument parsing. (CVE-2022-28658, CVE-2021-3899)
    - debian/apport.init: restore symbolic link to proper directory.

Date: 2022-05-11 15:17:09.840156+00:00
Changed-By: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers at canonical.com>
Maintainer: Martin Pitt <martin at piware.de>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.9-0ubuntu7.28
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