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CVE-2017-14180

Publication date 15 November 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14179.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apport 17.10 artful
Fixed 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.4
17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.7
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27

Patch details

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Package Patch details
apport

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3480-1
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 15 November 2017

Other references