Apport up to 2.12 resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apport up to 2.12. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-14179. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apport up to 2.12. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Apport before 2.13 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion, possibly gain root privileges, or escape from containers.

The bug was discovered 10/23/2017. The weakness was released 02/02/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at launchpad.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-14179 since 09/07/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 102 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-112737 and VDB-112734. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Apport 2.13

Timelineinfo

09/07/2017 🔍
10/23/2017 +46 days 🔍
02/02/2018 +102 days 🔍
02/02/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/03/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/01/2020 +697 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: launchpad.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-14179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-14179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112736
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/03/2018 08:56
Updated: 01/01/2020 08:12
Changes: 02/03/2018 08:56 (58), 01/01/2020 08:12 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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