CVE-2017-14179

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...

CVE-2017-14179

CVE-2017-14179 affects Apport before 2.13. The issue stems from how crashes originating in a PID namespace are handled, allowing a local attacker to create files as root, which can be used to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion and potentially gain root privileges or escape from con...