Description
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.
Published: 2018-02-02
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5690 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3480-1 Apport vulnerabilities
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Apport Project Apport
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:25:18.350Z

Reserved: 2017-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14180

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-02T14:29:00.467

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:41.663

Link: CVE-2017-14180

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