Race condition in Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2609-1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37088/
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Sandra1000/VulnRaceMitigation
- https://github.com/sammychris/linux-concurrency-vulnerabilities