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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)

Published Mar 19, 2018

Description

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).

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (3)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 19, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 18, 2018
Link CVE-2017-18240
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-18240
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-18240