{"id":"USN-3480-2","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"apport regressions","description":"USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177\nintroduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that\nconfigured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04\nLTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled\ncrash forwarding to containers. This update addresses the problems.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid\n binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service\n via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177)\n\n Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes\n in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform\n a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges.\n (CVE-2017-14180)","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2017-11-20T23:38:26Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:14Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"apport","fixed_in":["2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"apport","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"}]}],"versions":["2.19.1-0ubuntu3","2.19.2-0ubuntu1","2.19.2-0ubuntu2","2.19.2-0ubuntu3","2.19.2-0ubuntu4","2.19.2-0ubuntu5","2.19.2-0ubuntu6","2.19.2-0ubuntu8","2.19.2-0ubuntu9","2.19.3-0ubuntu1","2.19.3-0ubuntu2","2.19.3-0ubuntu3","2.19.4-0ubuntu1","2.19.4-0ubuntu2","2.20-0ubuntu2","2.20-0ubuntu3","2.20.1-0ubuntu1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1732518","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-3480-2","title":"apport regressions","description":"USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177\nintroduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that\nconfigured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04\nLTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled\ncrash forwarding to containers. This update addresses the problems.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid\n binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service\n via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177)\n\n Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes\n in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform\n a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges.\n (CVE-2017-14180)\n","status":"published","published":"2017-11-20T23:38:26Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:14Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:13.496563Z"}]}}