CVE-2017-14178 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald's access restrictions.

Published: 2018-02-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

snapd

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.27 through 2.29.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:snapcraft:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-5688	In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald's access restrictions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01172.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1730255
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Snapcraft Snapd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2018-02-02T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:21:04.406Z

Reserved: 2017-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14178

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-02T14:29:00.340

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:12:18.497

Link: CVE-2017-14178

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-755

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