SmokePing up to 2.7.3-r1 on Gentoo initscript /var/lib/smokeping race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SmokePing up to 2.7.3-r1 on Gentoo. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library /var/lib/smokeping of the component initscript. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-20015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SmokePing up to 2.7.3-r1 on Gentoo. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing in the library /var/lib/smokeping of the component initscript. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 09/21/2022. The advisory is shared for download at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-20015 since 09/20/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.3info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-20015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-20015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209180

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2022 08:26
Updated: 05/29/2025 16:26
Changes: 09/21/2022 08:26 (38), 09/21/2022 08:27 (1), 10/21/2022 14:20 (9), 05/29/2025 16:26 (15)
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