CVE-2017-20147 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00258.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Smokeping	Smokeping

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:smokeping:smokeping:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-11153	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/631140
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08

History

Thu, 29 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-377
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-20T17:00:51.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T13:35:58.888Z

Reserved: 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-20147

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:26.017Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T18:15:09.953

Modified: 2025-05-29T14:15:26.860

Link: CVE-2017-20147

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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