Improper Initialization Affecting openldap.org package, versions [,2.4.45]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENLDAPORG-2318915
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed5 Sept 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14159  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for openldap.org.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Initialization 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.

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