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CVE-2011-4339
ipmievd (aka the IPMI event daemon) in OpenIPMI, as used...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47228
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47376
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47173
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.html
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Affected Vendor
ipmitool project
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ipmitool
Vulnerable Versions:
1.8.11
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 15th, 2011
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.