Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-20015

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for t...

CVE-2016-20015

In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown...