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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202209-08

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                                       https://security.gentoo.org/  

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

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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

Affected packages

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

Description

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

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Smokeping. We recommend that users
remove 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

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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