Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-11747

Description

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.

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Affected products

Tinyproxy/Tinyproxy2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:tinyproxy_project:tinyproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tinyproxy_project:tinyproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.8.4
- (no CPE)range: <=1.8.4
osv-coords3 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/tinyproxy&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5 pkg:rpm/opensuse/tinyproxy&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/tinyproxy&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5
< 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.0-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/106nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00037.htmlnvd

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