{"id":"USN-3480-3","summary":"apport regression","details":"USN-3480-2 fixed regressions in Apport. The update introduced a new regression in the container support. This update addresses the problem.\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":"2018-01-03T21:22:49Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3480-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1733366"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15"}]}],"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","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"apport-gtk"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"apport-kde"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"apport-noui"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"apport-retrace"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"apport-valgrind"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"dh-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"python-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"python-problem-report"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"python3-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","binary_name":"python3-problem-report"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3480-3.json","cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}