CVE-2017-14180

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.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-02-02 14:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30


NVD link : CVE-2017-14180

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14180

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14180


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

apport_project

  • apport
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption