Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-20147
CVE-2017-20147
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.
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Affected products
3- smokeping/SmokePingdescription
- Range: <=2.7.3-r1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bugs.gentoo.org/631140nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08nvdThird Party Advisory
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