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CVE-2017-20147
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 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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugs.gentoo.org/631140
x_refsource_MISC
GLSA-202209-08
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
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