UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11747

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11747
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11747.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11747
Related
Published
2017-07-30T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:25Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for tinyproxy.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid" command.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / tinyproxy

Package

Name
tinyproxy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinyproxy@1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.3-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tinyproxy

Package

Name
tinyproxy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinyproxy@1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.3-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / tinyproxy

Package

Name
tinyproxy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinyproxy@1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.4-2
1.8.4-3
1.8.4-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy-bin-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}