The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 sets the ownership of the PID file directory to the burp account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9411 The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 sets the ownership of the PID file directory to the burp account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:20:49.706Z

Reserved: 2018-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-18284

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-04T06:29:00.217

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:46.067

Link: CVE-2017-18284

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