USN-3480-2

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-11-20 23:38 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:41 – Source website
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Summary
apport regressions
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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:

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)

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  "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",
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    },
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      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1732518"
    }
  ],
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "apport regressions",
  "upstream": []
}



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