{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14159","details":"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.","modified":"2025-11-20T10:12:53.950435Z","published":"2017-09-05T18:29:00.133Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-14159"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14159"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openldap","ecosystem":"Debian:11","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/openldap?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.2.12-1","2.4.57+dfsg-3","2.4.57+dfsg-3+deb11u1","2.4.57+dfsg-3+deb11u1~bpo10+1","2.4.59+dfsg-1","2.4.59+dfsg-1~bpo11+1","2.5.11+dfsg-1","2.5.11+dfsg-1~exp1","2.5.12+dfsg-1","2.5.12+dfsg-2","2.5.13+dfsg-1","2.5.13+dfsg-2","2.5.13+dfsg-2~bpo11+1","2.5.13+dfsg-3","2.5.13+dfsg-4","2.5.13+dfsg-5","2.5.13+dfsg-5+loong64","2.5.16+dfsg-1","2.5.16+dfsg-2","2.5.17+dfsg-1","2.5.18+dfsg-1","2.5.18+dfsg-2","2.5.18+dfsg-3","2.5.19+dfsg-1","2.5.4+dfsg-1~exp1","2.5.5+dfsg-1~exp1","2.5.6+dfsg-1~exp1","2.5.7+dfsg-1~exp1","2.5.8+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.10+dfsg-1","2.6.2+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.2+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.3+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.4+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.5+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.6+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.6+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.7+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp3","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp4","2.6.9+dfsg-1","2.6.9+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.9+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.9+dfsg-2","2:1.2.12.1-1","2:1.2.12.1-1.0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14159.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openldap","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/openldap?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.2.12-1","2.5.13+dfsg-5","2.5.13+dfsg-5+loong64","2.5.16+dfsg-1","2.5.16+dfsg-2","2.5.17+dfsg-1","2.5.18+dfsg-1","2.5.18+dfsg-2","2.5.18+dfsg-3","2.5.19+dfsg-1","2.6.10+dfsg-1","2.6.2+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.2+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.3+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.4+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.5+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.6+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.6+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.7+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp3","2.6.8+dfsg-1~exp4","2.6.9+dfsg-1","2.6.9+dfsg-1~exp1","2.6.9+dfsg-1~exp2","2.6.9+dfsg-2","2:1.2.12.1-1","2:1.2.12.1-1.0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14159.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openldap","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/openldap?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.2.12-1","2.6.10+dfsg-1","2:1.2.12.1-1","2:1.2.12.1-1.0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14159.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openldap","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/openldap?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.2.12-1","2.6.10+dfsg-1","2:1.2.12.1-1","2:1.2.12.1-1.0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14159.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}