CVE-2016-20015

Published: Sep 20, 2022Modified: May 29, 2025

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Smokeping: Smokeping

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Smokeping Smokeping	Up to 2.7.3-r1

Related CWEs

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (2)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/602652

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://bugs.gentoo.org/602652

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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