CVE-2017-14179

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…

published February 2, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00356 · 28.1th percentile
Published
2018-02-02T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 FEB 14:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5