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CVE-2017-20147

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.0%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-377
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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