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 |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | per upstream bug, upstream doesn't consider this to be a security issue. Marking as not-affected. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
openldap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
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| cosmic |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| disco |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
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| eoan |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
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| 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 |