CVE-2017-14179 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2017-14179 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 02/02/2018 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2017
Source: canonical | Vendor: n/a | Product: Apport
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2017-14179 Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: Denial of service via resource exhaustion, privilege escalation, and escape from containers
Source: n/a

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).