UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14102

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14102
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14102.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14102
Related
Published
2017-09-01T05:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:26Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

MIMEDefang 2.80 and earlier 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 the init-script.in and mimedefang-init.in scripts.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mimedefang

Package

Name
mimedefang
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mimedefang@2.78-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.78-1
2.78-1build1
2.78-1ubuntu1
2.78-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mimedefang

Package

Name
mimedefang
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mimedefang@2.83-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-1

Affected versions

2.*

2.79-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.83-1",
            "binary_name": "graphdefang"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.83-1",
            "binary_name": "mimedefang"
        }
    ]
}