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.
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/602652 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:34.968Z
Reserved: 2022-09-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-20015

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Status : Modified
Published: 2022-09-20T18:15:09.897
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:47:33.733
Link: CVE-2016-20015

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