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title: "CVE-2017-9268\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-9268

Publication date 1 March 2018

Last updated 11 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**4.4 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9268?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In the open build service before 201707022 the wipetrigger and rebuild
actions checked the wrong project for permissions, allowing authenticated
users to cause operations on projects where they did not have permissions
leading to denial of service (resource consumption).

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| open-build-service | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

4.4 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | Low |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.4 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9268)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9268)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-9268)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9268)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045519>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9268>