USN-3480-2: Apport regressions
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3480-2
20th November, 2017
apport regressions
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
USN-3480-1 introduced regressions in Apport.
Software description
- apport
– automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details
USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177
introduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that
configured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled
crash forwarding to containers. This update addresses the problems.
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
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
-
apport
2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
apport
2.20.4-0ubuntu4.8
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
apport
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3480-2: Apport regressions
