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