Description
Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1324.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
31.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (6)
apport_project/apport
< 2.20.7
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
Published
Feb 02, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026