CVE-2011-2147

openswan: World writable pid and lock files

Published May 20, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 3.6 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Openswan 2.2.x does not properly restrict permissions for (1) /var/run/starter.pid, related to starter.c in the IPsec starter, and (2) /var/lock/subsys/ipsec, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing a PID to a file, or possibly bypass disk quotas by writing arbitrary data to a file, as demonstrated by files with 0666 permissions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1784.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2139 Openswan 2.2.x does not properly restrict permissions for (1) /var/run/starter.pid, related to starter.c in the IPsec starter, and (2) /var/lock/subsys/ipsec, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing a PID to a file, or possibly bypass disk quotas by writing arbitrary data to a file, as demonstrated by files with 0666 permissions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1784.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:53 PM
Reserved
May 20, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 20, 2011, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:30 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 11, 2011, 12:00 AM