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CVE-2016-20015
published 2022-09-20

CVE-2016-20015: 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…

PriorityP347high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACHPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.55%
42.4th percentile
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.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
smokepingsmokeping<= 2.7.3-r1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.5HIGH
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