CVE-2017-14178
N/A
Published: February 2, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSnapd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald's access restrictions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.29.22.27 ≤ v ≤ 2.29.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-755
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