CVE-2017-14483

Published Sep 15, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:27 PM
Reserved
Sep 15, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 15, 2017, 10:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:06 AM