CVE-2017-14177

moderate-risk
Published 2018-02-02

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Canonical Apport Project

References (8)

Issue Tracking https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
Issue Tracking https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
Third Party Advisory https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1
Issue Tracking https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
Issue Tracking https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
Third Party Advisory https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low