CVE catalog

CVE-2017-11746

tenshi: CVE-2017-11746

Severity: Low
Published: Jul 30, 2017, 4:29:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.09% · Oct 25, 2026

Tenshi 0.15 creates a tenshi.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 tenshi.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/tenshi.pid`" command.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	tenshi	sid	`0.13-9`	fixed
Debian	tenshi	trixie	`0.13-8`	fixed
Debian	tenshi	bookworm	`0.13-7`	fixed
Ubuntu	tenshi	14.04	`0.13-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tenshi	14.04	`0.13-2+deb7u1~build0.14.04.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	tenshi	16.04	`0.13-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tenshi	16.04	`0.13-2+deb7u1~build0.16.04.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	tenshi	source	sid	`0.13-2.1`	unimportant	Not reported	[871321]
Debian	tenshi	source	trixie	`0.13-2.1`	unimportant	Not reported	[871321]
Debian	tenshi	source	bookworm	`0.13-2.1`	unimportant	Not reported	[871321]
Ubuntu	tenshi	deb	14.04	`0.13-2+deb7u1~build0.14.04.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11746	Not reported
Ubuntu	tenshi	deb	16.04	`0.13-2+deb7u1~build0.16.04.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11746	Not reported

[Debian bug #871321]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[tenshi]Fixed
Details (2)
- 0.13-7 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-2.1
  dsa · tenshi · debian · bookworm; dsa · tenshi · debian · 12
- 0.13-7 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-2.1
  dsa · tenshi · debian · bookworm; dsa · tenshi · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[tenshi]Fixed
Details (2)
- 0.13-8 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-2.1
  dsa · tenshi · debian · 13
- 0.13-8 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-2.1
  dsa · tenshi · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:25:54 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]