UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14179

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14179

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14179.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14179

Upstream

CVE-2017-14179

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:44:09Z

Published

2017-11-15T19:00:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T08:12:58.672044Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - high

Summary

[none]

Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / apport

Package

Name: apport
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.5-0ubuntu2

2.12.6-0ubuntu1

2.12.7-0ubuntu1

2.12.7-0ubuntu2

2.12.7-0ubuntu3

2.12.7-0ubuntu6

2.13.1-0ubuntu1

2.13.1-0ubuntu2

2.13.2-0ubuntu2

2.13.2-0ubuntu3

2.13.2-0ubuntu4

2.13.2-0ubuntu5

2.13.3-0ubuntu1

2.14-0ubuntu1

2.14.1-0ubuntu1

2.14.1-0ubuntu2

2.14.1-0ubuntu3

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.20

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.24

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "apport-gtk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "apport-kde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "apport-noui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "apport-retrace"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "dh-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "python-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "python3-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25",
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14179.json"