CVE-2011-1784

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The pidfile_write function in core/pidfile.c in keepalived 1.2.2 and earlier uses 0666 permissions for the (1) keepalive

The pidfile_write function in core/pidfile.c in keepalived 1.2.2 and earlier uses 0666 permissions for the (1) keepalived.pid, (2) checkers.pid, and (3) vrrp.pid files in /var/run/, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing a PID to one of these files.

LOW · CVSS 3.6 EPSS 0.00047

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Affected Products & Versions

keepalived<= 1.2.2

keepalivedall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

3.6

LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

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AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD20 May 2011 · 10:55 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626281

http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00012.html

http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00013.html

http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00018.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/5

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/16/7

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http://secunia.com/advisories/44460Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/72380

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47859

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704039

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67477

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