CVE-2011-4339
Description
ipmievd (aka the IPMI event daemon) in OpenIPMI, as used in the ipmitool package 1.8.11 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora 16, and other products uses 0666 permissions for its ipmievd.pid PID file, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing to this file.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.8.11-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.8.11-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.8.11-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.8.11-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.8.11-5 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ipmitool_project | ipmitool | 1.8.11 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47228
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47376
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4339
CWEs
CWE-732
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.