CVE-2017-11747
tinyproxy - security update
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
main.c in Tinyproxy 1.8.4 and earlier creates a /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for tinyproxy.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid`" command.
How to fix CVE-2017-11747
To remediate CVE-2017-11747, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.10.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.3-3+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-11747 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.10.0-1
- from 0, < 1.8.3-3+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |