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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 allows local users to gain privileges by....

HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.35%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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 products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
elasticsearch logstash = 5.0.0 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.0.1 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.0.2 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.1.1 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.1.2 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.2.0 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.2.1 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.3.0 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.3.1 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.3.2 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.4.1 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.4.2 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.4.3 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.5.0 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.5.1 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.5.2 No fix listed
elasticsearch logstash = 5.6.0 No fix listed

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