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MEDIUM: 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDefault status
unaffected
6.8.0 (dpkg) before 6.8.0-124.124
affected
6.17.0 (dpkg) before 6.17.0-35.35
affected
7.0.0 (dpkg) before 7.0.0-22.22
affected
Description
Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain SAUCE patches with a memory leak in the handling of big responses to AppArmor notifications. The bug can be triggered by an unprivileged local user. The memory leak could lead to resource exhaustion.
Problem types
CWE-401 Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
Product status
6.8.0 (dpkg) before 6.8.0-124.124
6.17.0 (dpkg) before 6.17.0-35.35
7.0.0 (dpkg) before 7.0.0-22.22
Credits
Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec), Talence Security
References
git.launchpad.net/...d858ecb7e2e216ca2987302a04c266f2355fefe