CVE-2017-18284 | BDVDB-2026-101685 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-06-04Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.