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TI-2017-13425 Aliases CVE-2017-18240GHSA-588v-mxh5-4p2f

The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file…

Priority LOW 25CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd 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 (when the service is stopped).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00354 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.7.2VulnerableCollectd
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.7.2 r1VulnerableCollectd
  • cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.7.2 Vulnerable ·Collectd
  • cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.7.2 r1 Vulnerable ·Collectd

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-18240
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-588v-mxh5-4p2f

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2017-12372 The csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c in the SNMP plugin in collectd before 5.6.3 is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-05357 Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2017-05055 Incorrect interaction of the parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-04069 The cu_rrd_create_file function (src/utils_rrdcreate.c) in collectd 4.x before 4.9.4 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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