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CVE-2017-14179
Published: Feb 2, 2018
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | Apport | affected before 2.13 |
References
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14179
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https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
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