CVE-2017-14179

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.
References
Link Resource
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179 Third Party Advisory
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

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-02-02 14:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:46


NVD link : CVE-2017-14179

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14179

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14179


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Products Affected

apport_project

  • apport

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption