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ubuntu-cve-2017-14180

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-11-15 19:00

Modified

2025-07-16 04:52

Summary

Details

Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 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 or possibly gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14179.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      high

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14180	REPORT
	http://www.sbosnet.nl/	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14180	REPORT

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CVE-2017-14180 (GCVE-0-2017-14180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-02 14:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:25

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Denial of service via resource exhaustion and privilege escalation

Assigner

canonical

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/appo…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
na/	Apport	Affected: 2.13 through 2.20.7

Date Public

2017-11-15 00:00

Credits

Sander Bos

Show details on NVD website

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usn-3480-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-11-15 19:22

Modified

2026-02-10 04:41

Summary

apport vulnerabilities

Details

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177)

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14180)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14177	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14180	REPORT

JSON

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            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dh-apport",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-apport",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-apport",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "apport",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.19.1-0ubuntu3",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu1",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu2",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu3",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu4",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu5",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu6",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu8",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu9",
        "2.19.3-0ubuntu1",
        "2.19.3-0ubuntu2",
        "2.19.3-0ubuntu3",
        "2.19.4-0ubuntu1",
        "2.19.4-0ubuntu2",
        "2.20-0ubuntu2",
        "2.20-0ubuntu3",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu1",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid\nbinaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service\nvia resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177)\n\nSander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes\nin a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform\na denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges.\n(CVE-2017-14180)\n",
  "id": "USN-3480-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:14Z",
  "published": "2017-11-15T19:22:54Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14177"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14180"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "apport vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14177",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14180"
  ]
}

usn-3480-2

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-11-20 23:38

Modified

2026-02-10 04:41

Summary

apport regressions

Details

USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177 introduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that configured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled crash forwarding to containers. This update addresses the problems.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2	ADVISORY
	https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372	REPORT
	https://launchpad.net/bugs/1732518	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "apport",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apport-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apport-kde",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apport-noui",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apport-retrace",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dh-apport",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-apport",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-apport",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report",
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "apport",
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      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.19.1-0ubuntu3",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu1",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu2",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu3",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu4",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu5",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu6",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu8",
        "2.19.2-0ubuntu9",
        "2.19.3-0ubuntu1",
        "2.19.3-0ubuntu2",
        "2.19.3-0ubuntu3",
        "2.19.4-0ubuntu1",
        "2.19.4-0ubuntu2",
        "2.20-0ubuntu2",
        "2.20-0ubuntu3",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu1",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10",
        "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177\nintroduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that\nconfigured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04\nLTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled\ncrash forwarding to containers. This update addresses the problems.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid\n binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service\n via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177)\n\n Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes\n in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform\n a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges.\n (CVE-2017-14180)\n",
  "id": "USN-3480-2",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:14Z",
  "published": "2017-11-20T23:38:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1732518"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "apport regressions",
  "upstream": []
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2017-14180

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-14180 (GCVE-0-2017-14180)

usn-3480-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

usn-3480-2

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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