CVE-2017-14730

moderate-risk

Published 2017-09-25

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.

Do I need to act?

0.04% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (17)

Logstash

Affected Vendors

Elasticsearch

References (8)

Third Party Advisory https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665

Third Party Advisory https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902...

Third Party Advisory https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340...

Third Party Advisory https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665

Third Party Advisory https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902...

Third Party Advisory https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340...

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 19/34 · Moderate