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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in OpenLDAP up to 2.4.45 (Directory Service Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component slapd. The manipulation as part of a Command leads to a access control vulnerability (Kill). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was shared 09/05/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at openldap.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-14159 since 09/05/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371790 (OpenLDAP Denial of service vulnerability).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- 2.4.8
- 2.4.9
- 2.4.10
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.12
- 2.4.13
- 2.4.14
- 2.4.15
- 2.4.16
- 2.4.17
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.20
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.22
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.24
- 2.4.25
- 2.4.26
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.28
- 2.4.29
- 2.4.30
- 2.4.31
- 2.4.32
- 2.4.33
- 2.4.34
- 2.4.35
- 2.4.36
- 2.4.37
- 2.4.38
- 2.4.39
- 2.4.40
- 2.4.41
- 2.4.42
- 2.4.43
- 2.4.44
- 2.4.45
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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NVD Base Score: 4.7
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Name: KillClass: Access control / Kill
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/05/2017 🔍09/05/2017 🔍
09/05/2017 🔍
09/05/2017 🔍
09/06/2017 🔍
11/13/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: openldap.orgStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-14159 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 09/06/2017 08:48Updated: 11/13/2019 08:08
Changes: 09/06/2017 08:48 (53), 11/13/2019 08:08 (7)
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