PT-2017-3609 · Canonical · Apport+1

Sander Bos

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Publicado

2017-10-21

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Atualizado

2025-11-03

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CVE-2017-14180

CVSS v3.1

7.8

Alta

VetorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apport versions 2.13 through 2.20.7
Description: The issue is related to Apport's handling of crashes from a PID namespace, allowing local users to create files as root. This could be exploited to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion or potentially gain root privileges. The vulnerability is associated with uncontrolled resource consumption and can be exploited to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges using files created by Apport as root in the event of a crash.
Recommendations: For Apport versions 2.13 through 2.20.7, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

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Enumeração de Fraquezas

CWE-400

Identificadores relacionados

BDU:2018-00582
CVE-2017-14180
USN-3480-1
USN-3480-2
USN-3480-3

Produtos afetados

Apport
Ubuntu