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Title:
  Insecure /proc/net/unix parsing

Status in Apport crash detection/reporting:
  Fix Committed
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in apport source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Vivid:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  The fix in USN-2569-1 introduced a vulnerability when parsing
  /proc/net/unix.

  There is a known issue in the kernel where newlines aren't being escaped properly:
  http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg320556.html

  Resulting in Tavis Ormandy finding a new issue:

  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/18

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