| Name | CVE-2017-14159 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openldap (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u11 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.4.44+dfsg-5+deb9u9 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.4.47+dfsg-3+deb10u7 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.4.57+dfsg-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.5.13+dfsg-5 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.5.18+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openldap | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703
Negligible security impact, but filed #877512