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CVE-2017-14180

Status Candidate

Overview

Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 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 or possibly gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14179.

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3480-3
Posted Jan 4, 2018
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3480-3 - USN-3480-2 fixed regressions in Apport. The update introduced a new regression in the container support. This update addresses the problem. 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. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, local, root
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2017-14177, CVE-2017-14180
SHA-256 | 2ec01f00e48e50750b0daa61d47bd2e2f5a7576bc7e6d70bce03464154d64fc0
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3480-2
Posted Nov 20, 2017
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3480-2 - USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177 introduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that configured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled crash forwarding to containers. This update addresses the problems. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, vulnerability
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2017-14177, CVE-2017-14180
SHA-256 | b685ba980d8455d1b62dd826d7ee960c69987202ff999a8398f46ab99dd366e1
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3480-1
Posted Nov 16, 2017
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3480-1 - 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. 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. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, local, root
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2017-14177, CVE-2017-14180
SHA-256 | 09137c1fbaf7e18961d69b5a64675bac70595a32d5682ca8359c67c1190ed506
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