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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

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
per upstream bug, upstream doesn't consider this to be a
security issue. Marking as not-affected.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
openldap
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
upstream Needs triage

zesty Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

groovy Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

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