High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14179
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <2.13
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- launchpad.net/bugs/1726372nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/nvdThird Party Advisory
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