CVE-2011-4339

OpenIPMI: IPMI event daemon creates PID file with world writeable permissions

Published Dec 15, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 3.6 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2376-1 ipmitool security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2376-2 ipmitool security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4271 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 15, 2011, 3:57 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 13, 2011, 12:00 AM