PT-2017-3609 · Canonical · Apport+1

Sander Bos · Published 2017-10-21 · Updated 2025-11-03 · CVE-2017-14180

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV: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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00582

CVE-2017-14180

USN-3480-1

USN-3480-2

USN-3480-3

Affected Products

Apport

Ubuntu

References · 22

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3480-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3480-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00582 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14180 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3480-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14180 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/141418 · Telegram Post