CVE-2017-14730
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Published: September 25, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLogstash· also runs on 1 platform
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fax_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbdaQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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