The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd 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 (when the service is stopped).
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103469 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628540 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-10 | Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-03-19T02:00:00
Updated: 2018-03-22T09:57:01
Reserved: 2018-03-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-18240
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-03-19T02:29:00.207
Modified: 2018-04-18T16:14:12.413
Link: CVE-2017-18240
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE