CVE-2017-20147

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductSmokeping
PublishedSep 20, 2022
First seenSep 20, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-377CWE-377

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
smokeping smokepingv ≤ 2.7.3-r1—

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