CVE-2021-32556
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.33% (26th) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
It was discovered that the get_modified_conffiles() function in backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py allowed injecting modified package names in a manner that would confuse the dpkg(1) call.
01
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
3.8
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4
v3.13.8lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security@ubuntu.comexploitability 2 · impact 1.4
02
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
03
affected products (12)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- canonical apport2.14.1-0ubuntu3 → 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29\+esm7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- canonical apport2.20.11-0ubuntu27 → 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- canonical apport2.20.11-0ubuntu50 → 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- canonical apport2.20.11-0ubuntu65 → 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apport-multiple-vulnerabilities-35535cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1803cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904Vendor Advisorynvd
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