What is the severity of CVE-2017-14179?

CVE-2017-14179 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow local users to escalate privileges and perform denial of service attacks.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14179?

To fix CVE-2017-14179, update Apport to version 2.13 or later, or apply the appropriate security patches provided by your operating system vendor.

Who is affected by CVE-2017-14179?

CVE-2017-14179 affects local users on systems running Apport versions prior to 2.13 and several versions of Ubuntu Linux including 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, 17.10, and 18.04.

What types of attacks can CVE-2017-14179 facilitate?

CVE-2017-14179 can facilitate denial of service attacks via resource exhaustion, privilege escalation, and container escape.

Is there a risk of remote exploitation with CVE-2017-14179?

CVE-2017-14179 primarily poses a risk for local attacks rather than remote exploitation, as it involves local user access.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-14179

high

7.8

CWE

400

15/11/2017

5/8/2024

CVE-2017-14179

First published: Wed Nov 15 2017(Updated: )

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.

Credit: security@ubuntu.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Python 3 Apport	<2.13
Ubuntu	=14.04
Ubuntu	=16.04
Ubuntu	=17.04
Ubuntu	=17.10
Ubuntu	=18.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-14179?
CVE-2017-14179 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow local users to escalate privileges and perform denial of service attacks.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14179?
To fix CVE-2017-14179, update Apport to version 2.13 or later, or apply the appropriate security patches provided by your operating system vendor.
Who is affected by CVE-2017-14179?
CVE-2017-14179 affects local users on systems running Apport versions prior to 2.13 and several versions of Ubuntu Linux including 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, 17.10, and 18.04.
What types of attacks can CVE-2017-14179 facilitate?
CVE-2017-14179 can facilitate denial of service attacks via resource exhaustion, privilege escalation, and container escape.
Is there a risk of remote exploitation with CVE-2017-14179?
CVE-2017-14179 primarily poses a risk for local attacks rather than remote exploitation, as it involves local user access.

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