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ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20015

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Advisory Summary

ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20015

In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown.
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