Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Apport vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3480-1 | First vendor Publication | 2017-11-15 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2017-11-15 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Apport could be tricked into creating files as an administrator, resulting in denial of service or privilege escalation. Software Description: - apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging Details: Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14177) Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2017-14180) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10: Ubuntu 17.04: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3480-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-400 | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-11-21 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3480-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-11-16 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3480-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2018-02-15 17:21:49 |
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| 2018-02-02 17:21:48 |
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| 2017-11-22 13:23:46 |
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| 2017-11-17 13:23:44 |
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| 2017-11-15 21:24:22 |
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