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Echo: openldap: security update to 2.5.13+dfsg-5

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462550

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 and earlier 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. (CVE-2017-14159)

Solution

Update the openldap library and its related packages to version 2.5.13+dfsg-5 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-14159

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462550

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14159