CVE-2017-14177

Publication date 15 November 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apport	17.10 artful	Fixed 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.4
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.7
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
apport	Upstream: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3480-1
Apport vulnerabilities
15 November 2017