Upstream information
Description
Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 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 or possibly gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14179.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.2 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | apport | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | apport | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Nov 15 22:04:27 2017CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 17:37:05 2024