# CVE-2017-14180: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-02 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- na/ Apport: 2.13 through 2.20.7

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on na/ Apport, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180

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