CVE-2017-14178

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    CVE-2017-14178

    Published: 2 Feb 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    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.

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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 738a7f40e81151c38bc19afe838c3cfa74e5c6fa
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High