CVE-2017-18226

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-18226

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-03-12T04:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-732	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2::::::::	1	OR	2.6.1
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugs.gentoo.org/631068	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18226
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18226

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:24:32				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 03:16:15	2018-03-12T04:29Z	2018-03-12T04:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 03:16:15		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 03:16:15		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated