Improper Initialization Affecting bareos package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-BAREOS-310614
- published20 Sept 2017
- disclosed20 Sept 2017
Introduced: 20 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14610 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:8 bareos.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bareos package and not the bareos package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create 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.