CVE catalog
CVE-2017-14609
kannel: CVE-2017-14609
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.41% · Oct 25, 2026
The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by bearerbox.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kannel | sid | 1.4.5-23 | not affected |
| Debian | kannel | forky | 1.4.5-23 | not affected |
| Debian | kannel | trixie | 1.4.5-20 | not affected |
| Debian | kannel | bookworm | 1.4.5-12 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kannel | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kannel | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kannel | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kannel | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [kannel]Not affected
Details (2)
1.4.5-12· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
1.4.5-12· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
- [kannel-dev]Not affected
Source package: [kannel]
Details (2)
1.4.5-12· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
1.4.5-12· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
- [kannel-docs]Not affected
Source package: [kannel]
Details (2)
1.4.5-12· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
1.4.5-12· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
- [kannel-extras]Not affected
Source package: [kannel]
Details (2)
1.4.5-12· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
1.4.5-12· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kannel · debian · bookworm
Observed: