PT-2018-6766 · Collectd+1 · Collectd+1

Michael Orlitzky · Published 2018-03-19 · Updated 2018-04-18 · CVE-2017-18240

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV: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.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1562

CVE-2017-18240

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Collectd

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18240 · Security Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/628540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-10 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103469 · Note