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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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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 |
USN-3480-1 | Apport vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
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References
History
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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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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-02-02T14:29:00.467
Modified: 2025-11-03T20:15:41.663
Link: CVE-2017-14180
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Ubuntu USN