CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14730

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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, allowing local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.

Risk Assessment

Local users can gain unauthorized privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation and security breaches in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the logstash-bin package to version 5.5.3 or 5.6.1 and later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS