In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript uses a PID file that is writable by the smokeping…

Published 4 y ago 2022-09-20 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.0%

percentile 64%

Public exploits

none known

In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript uses a PID file that is writable by the smokeping user. By writing arbitrary PIDs to that file, the smokeping user can cause a denial of service to arbitrary PIDs when the service is stopped.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: Proof of concept public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 17 mo ago 2025-05-29

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.03% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	3.1	6.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
CNA	3.1	6.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-377 DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File

References

bugs.gentoo.org /631140 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
security.gentoo.org /glsa/202209-08 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-20147
NVD: CVE-2017-20147

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