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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-20T17:01:47

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:34.968Z

Reserved: 2022-09-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-20015

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T18:15:09.897

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:47:33.733

Link: CVE-2016-20015

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