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.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03 Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-06-04T06:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-21T09:57:02

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


Link: CVE-2017-18284

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2017-18284

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