CVE-2017-18226
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/03/2018
Last modified:
03/10/2019
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.1 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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