Description
flower.initd in the Gentoo dev-python/flower package before 0.9.1-r1 for Celery Flower sets PID file ownership to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-5986 | flower.initd in the Gentoo dev-python/flower package before 0.9.1-r1 for Celery Flower sets PID file ownership to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command. |
References
| Link | Providers |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/631020 |
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History
No history.
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.698Z
Reserved: 2017-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-14483
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-09-15T10:29:00.277
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-14483
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD