USN-3480-3: Apport regression | Ubuntu security notices

Packages

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:

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

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes
in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform
a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges.
(CVE-2017-14180)

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:

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

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for processes
in a different PID namespace. A local attacker could use this issue to perform
a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges.
(CVE-2017-14180)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
17.10 artful	apport – 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
17.04 zesty	apport – 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.10
16.04 xenial	apport – 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15

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References

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1733366