Improper Initialization Affecting openldap package, versions *
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- published 5 Sep 2017
- disclosed 5 Sep 2017
Introduced: 5 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14159 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:12
openldap
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openldap
package and not the openldap
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.