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OpenLDAP <= 2.4.45 Improper Initialization Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

1.9

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Wont Fix

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

OpenLDAP is prone to an improper initialization vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

slapd in OpenLDAP 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 Software

Affected Software

OpenLDAP version 2.4.45 and prior.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

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