{"id":"USN-3480-2","summary":"apport regressions","details":"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","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:14Z","published":"2017-11-20T23:38:26Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14177","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14180"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1732518"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"apport-gtk","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"apport-kde","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"apport-noui","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"apport-retrace","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"apport-valgrind","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"dh-apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"python-apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"python-problem-report","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"python3-apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"},{"binary_name":"python3-problem-report","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3480-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}