OpenLDAP up to 2.4.45 slapd Command Kill access control

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in OpenLDAP up to 2.4.45. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component slapd. This manipulation as part of Command causes access control (Kill). The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-14159. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

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.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Directory Service Software

Name

• OpenLDAP

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

• open-source

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