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CVE-2017-14177

Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain fi

Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1324.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00052
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apport project apport<= 2.20.7
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · security@ubuntu.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 Feb 2018 · 02:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-3480-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1Third Party Advisory
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