ISOMAN

CVE

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Gentoo2026.05.31 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.10 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.07 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.05 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 ppc64le minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.14 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.16 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.21 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.23 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.07 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.14 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.19 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.21 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.26 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.28 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.02 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.04 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.09 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.18 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.25 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.01 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.08 x86 minimal installunknownsource

References

  1. https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770
  2. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03
  3. https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770
  4. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03