Vulnerability in Apport_project Apport
CVE-2018-6552
Apport 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 privi…
EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Apport_project Apport — versions 2.14.1, 2.20.9, 2.20.7
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 18.04, 17.10
- N/a Apport — versions unspecified, 2.20.8-0ubuntu4, 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.28
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-6552?
- CVE-2018-6552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apport_project Apport. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-31.
- How severe is CVE-2018-6552?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-6552 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.