CVE-2017-14159
4.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-14159
To remediate CVE-2017-14159, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.4.46-r0 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2017-14159 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.4.46-r0
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |