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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703 | Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-09-05T18:00:00
Updated: 2022-04-19T23:19:14
Reserved: 2017-09-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-14159
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-09-05T18:29:00.133
Modified: 2022-06-13T19:18:13.177
Link: CVE-2017-14159
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE