CVE-2017-14178

Publication date 2 February 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the ‘snap logs’ command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald’s access restrictions.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
snapd 17.10 artful
Fixed 2.29.4.2+17.10
17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.29.4.2+17.04
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.29.4.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.29.4.2~14.04

Notes

jdstrand

2.29.3 upstream was released on 2017-11-27

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
snapd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N