In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Sep 21, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 31, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 20, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 21, 2022
Last updated
Jan 31, 2023
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.
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