CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-15701.md

### [CVE-2020-15701](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15701)
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### Description

An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-15701