Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-14159
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:blockchain_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <21.1.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openldap.org/its/index.cginvdIssue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
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