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TI-2017-13411 Aliases CVE-2017-18226GHSA-6mhg-qh56-v8jg

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 sets the ownership of /var/run/jabber to…

Priority LOW 24CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 sets the ownership of /var/run/jabber to the jabber account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill -TERM `cat /var/run/jabber/filename.pid`" command.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00254 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.6.1VulnerableJabberd2
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning ongentoo
  • cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.6.1 Vulnerable ·Jabberd2
  • cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·gentoo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Satellite 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-18226
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6mhg-qh56-v8jg

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-07910 JabberD 2.x (aka jabberd2) before 2.6.1 allows anyone to authenticate using SASL… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2011-01534 jabberd2 before 2.2.14 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-13410 The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 installs jabberd, jabberd2-c2s… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-01845 c2s/c2s.c in Jabber Open Source Server 2.3.2 and earlier truncates data without ensuring… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2012-03053 s2s/out.c in jabberd2 2.2.16 and earlier does not verify that a request was made for an… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8

Sources

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