CVE-2011-4339

N/A Unknown
Published: December 15, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47173
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/47228
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/47376
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47173
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/47228
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/47376
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
35th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

Affected Vendors

ipmitool_project redhat

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