CVE-2017-14177
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (13)
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references (13)
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- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171cnnvd
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372cnnvd
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1/Patchcnnvd
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171enisa_euvd
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372enisa_euvd
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177enisa_euvd
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