CVE-2017-14178 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Snapd

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Snapcraft Snapd
Timeline
PublishedFeb 2

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiansnapcraft/snapd< 2.30-1+3
▶NVDsnapcraft/snapd2.27 — 2.29.2
▶CVEListV5snapcraft/snapd2.27 through 2.29.2

Patches

Patch: launchpad.net ↗Patch: people.canonical.com ↗Patch: launchpad.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2017-14178: In snapd 2↗2018-02-02
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CVEList
CVE-2017-14178: In snapd 2↗2018-02-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2017-14178: snapd - In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journ...↗2017
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CVE-2017-14178 — Snapcraft Snapd vulnerability | cvebase