UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14177

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14177

    Published: 15 Nov 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14177

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14177, http://www.sbosnet.nl/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14177

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27

    Affected versions

    2.12.5-0ubuntu2
    2.12.6-0ubuntu1
    2.12.7-0ubuntu1
    2.12.7-0ubuntu2
    2.12.7-0ubuntu3
    2.12.7-0ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High