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    CVE-2011-4339

    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.

    Published:Dec 13, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 15, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.00061
    CVSS Score:3.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ipmitool Project
    Product
    Ipmitool
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High