CVE-2017-18240

NameCVE-2017-18240
DescriptionThe Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd 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 (when the service is stopped).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
collectd (PTS)bullseye5.12.0-7fixed
bookworm5.12.0-14fixed
trixie5.12.0-21fixed
sid5.12.0-22fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
collectdsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- collectd <not-affected> (Init scripts shipped by Debian are not affected)

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