CVE-2017-18284

The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 sets the ownership of the PID file directory to the burp account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.1 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-06-04

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected products

• Burp (Burp Project)

References

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03