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CVE-2017-14159
published 2017-09-05

CVE-2017-14159: 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…

medium4.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSUCNINAH
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.

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianopenldap
openldapopenldap<= 2.4.45
oracleblockchain_platform< 21.1.221.1.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv4.7MEDIUM