CVE-2017-18226

Published: Mar 12, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 sets the ownership of /var/run/jabber to the jabber account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill -TERM `cat /var/run/jabber/filename.pid`" command.

Affected (1)

Products: Jabberd2: Jabberd2

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Jabberd2 Jabberd2	Up to 2.6.1

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Gentoo Linux	All versions

Related CWEs

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

References (2)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/631068

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://bugs.gentoo.org/631068

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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