Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting OpenIPMI-devel package, versions <0:2.0.16-16.el5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-OPENIPMIDEVEL-2469649
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Dec 2011

Introduced: 15 Dec 2011

CVE-2011-4339  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 OpenIPMI-devel to version 0:2.0.16-16.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-0123.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream OpenIPMI-devel package and not the OpenIPMI-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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