CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-20015

Published: Sep 20, 2022 | Modified: Sep 22, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Smokeping Smokeping * 2.7.3-r1 (including)
Smokeping Ubuntu bionic *
Smokeping Ubuntu kinetic *
Smokeping Ubuntu lunar *
Smokeping Ubuntu mantic *
Smokeping Ubuntu trusty *
Smokeping Ubuntu xenial *

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