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Bug #855651: apport can hang when checking for ec2 metadata	Low	Fix Released
Bug #874727: media error bug report blocking is incomplete	High	Fix Released
Bug #878335: ubiquity source package hook should move more bugs to grub-installer	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #886111: apport gets update wrong	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #937249: apport-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV in composite_line()	High	Fix Released
Bug #938090: apport-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV in _gtk_icon_helper_get_storage_type()	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #939702: crashes due to API mismatch between apport-{kde,gtk} and python-apport	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #947519: apport-collect crashes when run	High	Fix Released
Bug #955111: Apport including error messages in tags	Low	Fix Released
Bug #972436: backend_helper.py crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in apport_excepthook(): 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe8' in position 166: ordinal not in range(128)	Critical	Fix Released
Bug #972933: package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1	High	Fix Released
Bug #979928: package initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #980094: apport-kde crashed with AttributeError in is_distro_package(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'origins'	Low	Fix Released
Bug #982267: dump_acpi_tables.py crashed with UnboundLocalError in dump_acpi_table(): local variable 'hex_str' referenced before assignment	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #984256: recent_logfile() causes a huge memory leak for large log files	High	Fix Released
Bug #984944: Reject crashes that happen right after upgrade	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #989698: Data collection progress window is still appearing post-release	High	Fix Released
Bug #989779: "Problem already known" alert and Launchpad page still open post-release	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #993810: apport-collect broken (with source pkg name != binary pkg name?)	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #1004029: ubuntu general hook assumes reports have a ProblemType field	Low	Fix Released
Bug #1004101: [RFE] Allow Bug Reporting When Running Backport Kernel	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #1006633: should collect /etc/default/grub from package install failures due to update-grub failing	High	Fix Released
Bug #1007637: ubuntu general hook should check to see if package install failure has already happened	High	Fix Released
Bug #1039220: don't report crashes for programs that don't match the file on disk (like for kernel crashes)	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #1045986: Ubuntu AppArmor policy is too lenient with shell scripts	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #1050853: Not recorded whether an error is in a -proposed or -updates package	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #1084296: possible for a 2nd occurrence of a crash not to be sent to errors	High	Fix Released
Bug #1084996: StacktraceAddressSignature is missing	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #1148116: not all packages from PPAs have '[origin: ' in Package section	High	Fix Released
Bug #1185515: SRU of updated apport-package duplicate signature calculation	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #1194541: Create core dumps for setuid binaries	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #1242435: Desktop setuid cores readable by non-privileged user	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #1352829: apport hook is not complete for filing bugs with ubuntu-bug linux on 12.04.5	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #1354571: apport-retrace ignores warnings from gdb	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #1452239: root escalation with fs.suid_dumpable=2	Undecided	Fix Released
Bug #1453900: root escalation via race condition	Critical	Fix Released
Bug #1492570: /usr/share/apport/kernel_crashdump accesses files in insecure manner	High	Fix Released
Bug #1500450: /usr/share/apport/package_hook:FileExistsError:/usr/share/apport/package_hook@64:make_report_file	Medium	Fix Released
Bug #1507480: Privilege escalation through Python module imports	High	Fix Released
Bug #1512902: apport will create .upload files for incomplete or corrupt crash reports	High	Won't Fix

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2013. By Brian Murray on 2015-11-06

releasing package apport version 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.14

2012. By Brian Murray on 2015-11-06

apport/ui.py: set "_MarkForUpload" field to False for cases where the
apport report is damaged, about a not installed package, or when an
error occurred processing the report. (LP: #1512902)

2011. By Martin Pitt on 2015-10-27

releasing package apport version 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13

2010. By Martin Pitt on 2015-10-27

SECURITY FIX: When determining the path of a Python module for a program
like "python -m module_name", avoid actually importing and running the
module; this could lead to local root privilege escalation. Thanks to
Gabriel Campana for discovering this and the fix!
(CVE-2015-1341, LP: #1507480)

2009. By Martin Pitt on 2015-10-27

releasing package apport version 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.12

2008. By Martin Pitt on 2015-10-27

Consistently intercept "report file already exists" errors in all
writers of report files (package_hook, kernel_crashdump, and similar) to
avoid unhandled exceptions on those. (LP: #1500450)

2007. By Martin Pitt on 2015-10-22

releasing package apport version 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.11

2006. By Brian Murray on 2015-10-22

report.py, add_package_info(): Add "[origin: unknown]" tag to
Package/Dependencies fields for a package whose origin cannot
be determined. (LP: #1148116)

2005. By Martin Pitt on 2015-10-22

releasing package apport version 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.10

2004. By Martin Pitt on 2015-09-21

debian/tests/upstream-system: Change directory to /tmp, so that tests
actually run against the installed package.