CVE-2017-14180

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
canonicalCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 13%
VendorProductVersion
apport_projectapport
2.13 ≤
𝑥
≤ 2.20.7
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
17.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
17.10
canonicalubuntu_linux
18.04
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Product
Codename
apport
artful
Fixed 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.4
released
zesty
Fixed 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.7
released
xenial
Fixed 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12
released
trusty
Fixed 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
released
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1