vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20147.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20147",
  "details": "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.",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-20147"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "Ubuntu",
      "score": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "published": "2022-09-20T18:15:00Z",
  "modified": "2026-10-17T09:05:35Z",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-20147"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/631140"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20147"
    }
  ]
}