CVE-2017-14177

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.

• CWE-400

• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1Third Party Advisory

Published

Feb 2, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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