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.

• CWE-732

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/628770Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 4, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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