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CVE-2016-20015
Published: Sep 20, 2022
Modified: May 29, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugs.gentoo.org/602652
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