CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
9.7%
OpenLDAP is prone to an improper initialization vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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CPE = "cpe:/a:openldap:openldap";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117536");
script_version("2022-06-15T03:04:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-06-15 03:04:08 +0000 (Wed, 15 Jun 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-07-06 10:01:42 +0000 (Tue, 06 Jul 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"1.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-06-13 19:18:00 +0000 (Mon, 13 Jun 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-14159");
script_name("OpenLDAP <= 2.4.45 Improper Initialization Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_openldap_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("openldap/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=8703");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"OpenLDAP is prone to an improper initialization vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"slapd in OpenLDAP creates a PID file after dropping privileges
to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging
access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a
'kill `cat /pathname`' command, as demonstrated by openldap-initscript.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenLDAP version 2.4.45 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
if( version_is_less_equal( version:vers, test_version:"2.4.45" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:infos["location"] );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
9.7%