{"id":"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.","modified":"2026-03-14T09:24:58.547293Z","published":"2022-09-20T18:15:09.953Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/631140"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.7.3-r1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"smokeping-2.7.3-r1"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-20147.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}