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CVE-2017-14730

The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.

Published

2017-09-25T17:29:00.787

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-732

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.0.0	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.0.1	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.0.2	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.1.1	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.1.2	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.2.0	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.2.1	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.3.0	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.3.1	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.3.2	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.4.1	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.4.2	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.4.3	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.5.0	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.5.1	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.5.2	Yes
Application	elasticsearch	logstash	5.6.0	Yes
Operating System	gentoo	linux	-	No

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)