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Gentoo GLSA-202209-08 Normal: Smokeping Root Escalation Issue

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in Smokeping may enable local users to gain elevated permissions. Users are advised to uninstall it.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Smokeping, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Smokeping. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo threat local attack root escalation normal severity smokeping

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Smokeping. We recommend that usersremove it: # emerge --ask --depclean "net-analyzer/smokeping"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-20147 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20147

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Smokeping: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 25, 2022
Bugs: #631140, #602562
ID: 202209-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo threat local attack root escalation normal severity smokeping

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Smokeping, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Background

Smokeping is a powerful latency measurement tool

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/smokeping <= 2.7.3-r1 Vulnerable!

Impact

===== A local attacker which gains access to the smokeping user could gain root privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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