CVE-2017-6507

MEDIUM

Apparmor < 2.11 - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in AppArmor before 2.12. Incorrect handling of unknown AppArmor profiles in AppArmor init scripts, upstart jobs, and/or systemd unit files allows an attacker to possibly have increased attack surfaces of processes that were intended to be confined by AppArmor. This is due to the common logic to handle 'restart' operations removing AppArmor profiles that aren't found in the typical filesystem locations, such as /etc/apparmor.d/. Userspace projects that manage their own AppArmor profiles in atypical directories, such as what's done by LXD and Docker, are affected by this flaw in the AppArmor init script logic.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 56.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-269
Status published

Affected Products (4)

apparmor/apparmor < 2.11
canonical/ubuntu_core
canonical/ubuntu_touch
n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 24, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026