CVE-2017-14483

Medium

Description

flower.initd in the Gentoo dev-python/flower package before 0.9.1-r1 for Celery Flower sets PID file ownership 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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGentoo Dev-python-flower
PublishedSep 15, 2017
First seenSep 15, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gentoo dev-python-flowerv ≤ 0.9.1—

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CVE-2017-14483 · Gentoo Dev-python-flower · Dark Radar