Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201714177000
Revision Date:2018-02-02Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-14177 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - high.
Description:Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1324.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-14177
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND The 'apport' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27').
  • BACK