Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201714159000
Revision Date:2017-09-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-14159 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-14159
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND The 'openldap' package in artful is affected and needs fixing.
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