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CVE-2017-14179

Apport before 2.13 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create cert

Apport before 2.13 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, possibly gain root privileges, or escape from containers.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00034
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< 2.13
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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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179Third Party Advisory
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