Summary
Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid
binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service
via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177)
Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes
in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform
a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges.
(CVE-2017-14180)
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS | apport | 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 |
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | apport | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Unscored —
Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain f…
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Unscored —
Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to cr…