Description
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.
Published: 2017-09-05
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5669 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.454Z

Reserved: 2017-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14159

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-05T18:29:00.133

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14159

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14159 - Bugzilla

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