CVE-2017-18240
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 19, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 18, 2018
Description
The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL (when the service is stopped).
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- GLSA-201803-10vendor-advisory
- 103469vdb-entry
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/628540
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