Executive Summary

Summary
Title Apport regression
Informations
Name USN-3480-3 First vendor Publication 2018-01-03
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-01-03
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

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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

Summary:

USN-3480-2 introduced regressions in Apport.

Software Description: - apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details:

USN-3480-2 fixed regressions in Apport. The update introduced a new regression in the container support. This update addresses the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

テつ Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for テつ setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a テつ denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root テつ privileges. (CVE-2017-14177)

テつ Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for テつ processes in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use テつ this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or テつ 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: テつ apportテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7

Ubuntu 17.04: テつ apportテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.10

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: テつ apportテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: テつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-3 テつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1 テつ https://launchpad.net/bugs/1733366

Package Information: テつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 テつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.4-0ubuntu4.10 テつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3480-3

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Date Informations
2018-01-04 00:21:28
  • First insertion