CVE-2017-14730 in logstash-bin

Summary

The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.

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• Reservation: 09/25/2017
• Disclosure: 09/25/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-107118
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.5
• EPSS: 0.00045
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14730
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14730
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-14730/