Vulnerability in Gentoo Dev-Python-Flower
CVE-2017-14483
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.002 (10.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Gentoo Dev-python-flower
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-14483?
- CVE-2017-14483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Dev-Python-Flower, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-15.
- How severe is CVE-2017-14483?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.