CVE-2017-14159

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-665

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.

Affected products

openldap: through 2.4.45
Oracle Blockchain Platform: before 21.1.2 — fixed in 21.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Oracle Blockchain Platform 21.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

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