CVE-2011-4339

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.

Category

3.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:196 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/47228 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/47376 third party advisory broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837 issue tracking patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71763 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51036 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2376 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1814.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071575.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/13/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/47173 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071580.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0123.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-4339?
CVE-2011-4339 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-4339?
To fix CVE-2011-4339, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-4339 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-4339 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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