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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179	Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372	Issue Tracking 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:17.04:::::::*
	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:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-02-02 06:29

Updated : 2018-02-15 05:21

NVD link : CVE-2017-14179

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14179

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

apport_project

apport

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