CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-20147
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-377
Description
In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript uses a PID file that is writable by the smokeping user. By writing arbitrary PIDs to that file, the smokeping user can cause a denial of service to arbitrary PIDs when the service is stopped.
Affected configurations
• smokeping smokeping (<= 2.7.3-r1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/631140 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/631140 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08 Third Party Advisory