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cve[email protected]CVE-2017-20147
HistorySep 20, 2022 - 6:15 p.m.

CVE-2017-20147

2022-09-2018:15:09
web.nvd.nist.gov
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cve-2017-20147
nvd
security vulnerability
pid file
denial of service
gentoo
ebuild package
smokeping

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.0%

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

NVD
Node
smokepingsmokepingRange2.7.3-r1
CPENameOperatorVersion
smokeping:smokepingsmokepingle2.7.3-r1

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6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.0%