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CVE-2011-4339
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…
Low3.6EPSS 0.43%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 47228 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 47376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742837 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- impitool-pid-dos(71763) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 51036 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2376 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1814 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-17071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111213 OpenIPMI: IPMI event daemon creates PID file with world writeable permissions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 47173 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-17065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .