CVE-2017-20147

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20147
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-20147.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-20147
Downstream
Published
2022-09-20T18:15:09.953Z
Modified
2026-03-14T09:24:58.547293Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-20147.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "2.7.3-r1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "smokeping-2.7.3-r1"
            }
        ]
    }
]