CVE-2017-14159
Published: 5 September 2017
slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 and earlier creates a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by openldap-initscript.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | per upstream bug, upstream doesn't consider this to be a security issue. Marking as not-affected. |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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openldap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
cosmic |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
disco |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
eoan |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
zesty |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 4.7 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |