Security advisory

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  "id": "412f9a305457964ffd24e8df7357dd1c933e1a33879b43b2dfb5fe9658dc9553",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32553",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-32553",
    "summary": "It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-17 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-32553",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-32553",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-32553"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/openjdk/jdk",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "dfacda488bfbe2e11e8d607a6d08527710286982"
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                {
                  "last_affected": "dfacda488bfbe2e11e8d607a6d08527710286982"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "17"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "17"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "17",
            "jdk-17-ga",
            "jdk-17+35"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-32553.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:00.977258476Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
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                    "introduced": "18.04"
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                  {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "20.04"
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                  {
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                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "20.10"
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                  {
                    "introduced": "21.10"
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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              "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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            "vendor_product": "oracle:openjdk",
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              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "17"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "17"
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                  {
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                  {
                    "last_affected": "17"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-32553",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439673,
  "published_at": "2021-06-12T04:15:12.157+00:00"
}