CVE-2017-14178 (GCVE-0-2017-14178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:21
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Information leak
Assigner
canonical CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a snapd Affected: 2.27 through 2.29.2
Date Public
2017-11-09 00:00
Credits
Robert Ancell
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