high7.8
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 cou…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apport Project | Apport | before 2.13 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04 |