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CVE-2016-20015



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Reserved2022-09-20
Published2022-09-20
Updated2024-08-06

Description

In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown.

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/602652

cve.org CVE-2016-20015

nvd.nist.gov CVE-2016-20015

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