Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017141590000000
Revision Date:2017-09-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-14159 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - 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 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND openldap: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
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