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CVE-2017-14179

N/A
Published: February 2, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxApport

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Apport· Apport Project
95%
v < 2.13
Affected range stops below 2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
14.0416.0417.0417.1018.04

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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