CVE-2017-14177

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-14177
  • Assigner
  • security@ubuntu.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-02-02T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-02-15T13:20:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.20.7
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1 Third Party Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14177 Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14177
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14177
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:48:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:41:27 2018-02-02T14:29Z 2018-02-02T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:41:27 2018-02-15T13:20:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:41:27 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated