ubuntu-cve-2017-14178
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-02-02 14:29
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
Summary
Details

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
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-snapcore-snapd-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-ubuntu-core-snappy-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "snap-confine",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "snapd",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "snapd-xdg-open",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-core-launcher",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-core-snapd-units",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-snappy",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-snappy-cli",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "snapd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/snapd@2.29.4.2~14.04?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.29.4.2~14.04"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.21~14.04.2",
        "2.22.2~14.04",
        "2.22.3~14.04",
        "2.22.6~14.04",
        "2.23.1~14.04",
        "2.24.1~14.04",
        "2.25~14.04",
        "2.26.10~14.04",
        "2.27.5~14.04",
        "2.28.5~14.04"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-snapcore-snapd-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-ubuntu-core-snappy-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "snap-confine",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "snapd",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "snapd-xdg-open",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-core-launcher",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-core-snapd-units",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-snappy",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-snappy-cli",
            "binary_version": "2.29.4.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "snapd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/snapd@2.29.4.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.29.4.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.9",
        "1.9.1.1",
        "1.9.2",
        "2.0",
        "2.0.1",
        "2.0.2",
        "2.0.3",
        "2.0.5",
        "2.0.8",
        "2.0.9",
        "2.0.10",
        "2.11+0.16.04",
        "2.12+0.16.04",
        "2.13",
        "2.14.2~16.04",
        "2.15.2ubuntu1",
        "2.16ubuntu3",
        "2.17.1ubuntu1",
        "2.20.1ubuntu1",
        "2.21",
        "2.22.2",
        "2.22.3",
        "2.22.6",
        "2.23.1",
        "2.24.1",
        "2.25",
        "2.26.10",
        "2.27.5",
        "2.28.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the \u0027snap logs\u0027 command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald\u0027s access restrictions.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14178",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:26Z",
  "published": "2018-02-02T14:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14178"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14178"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-14178"
  ]
}



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