Apport before 2.13 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, possibly gain root privileges, or escape from containers.
                
            References
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| https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory | 
| https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory | 
| https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179 | Third Party Advisory | 
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History
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| References | () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179 - Third Party Advisory | 
Information
                Published : 2018-02-02 14:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:12
NVD link : CVE-2017-14179
Mitre link : CVE-2017-14179
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14179
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Products Affected
                canonical
- ubuntu_linux
apport_project
- apport
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-400
                        
            Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
