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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-20T17:00:51

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-20147

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2022-10-01T02:33:28.140

Link: CVE-2017-20147

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