USN-3480-3

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    USN-3480-3

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: apport regression

    Details: USN-3480-2 fixed regressions in Apport. The update introduced a new regression in the container support. This update addresses the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177) Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14180)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-3, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1733366

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15

    Affected versions

    2.19.1-0ubuntu3
    2.19.2-0ubuntu1
    2.19.2-0ubuntu2
    2.19.2-0ubuntu3
    2.19.2-0ubuntu4
    2.19.2-0ubuntu5
    2.19.2-0ubuntu6
    2.19.2-0ubuntu8
    2.19.2-0ubuntu9
    2.19.3-0ubuntu1
    2.19.3-0ubuntu2
    2.19.3-0ubuntu3
    2.19.4-0ubuntu1
    2.19.4-0ubuntu2

    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