CVE-2017-14178 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5