CVE-2017-14177 | BDVDB-2026-95966 Detail

Apport

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-02-02Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.