VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14159

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.35%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-09-05

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-665: Improper Initialization

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory