high7.8
CVE-2017-14730
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 …
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elasticsearch | Logstash | Versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558
- https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665
- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa
- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558
- https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665
- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa
- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda