Improper Input Validation Affecting collectd package, versions [,5.7.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-COLLECTD-2374380
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Mar 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade collectd to version 5.7.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The 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).

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