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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.6/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47173Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47228Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47376Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47173Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47228Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47376Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 15, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified