PT-2018-6766
CVE-2017-18240
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Published
2018-03-19
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Updated
2018-04-18
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
collectd versions prior to 5.7.2-r1
Description:
The issue allows local users to potentially kill arbitrary processes by modifying PID files, leveraging access to the collectd account before a root script sends a SIGKILL when the service is stopped.
Recommendations:
For versions prior to 5.7.2-r1, update to version 5.7.2-r1 or later to resolve the issue.
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