[ GLSA 202209-08 ] Smokeping: Multiple vulnerabilities

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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
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Smokeping, the worst of
which could result in root privilege escalation.

Background
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Smokeping is a powerful latency measurement tool

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/smokeping     <= 2.7.3-r1               Vulnerable!

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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

  # emerge --ask --depclean "net-analyzer/smokeping"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-20147
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20147

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-08

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

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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