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OpenIPMI: IPMI event daemon creates PID file with world writeable permissions

🗓️ 08 Jan 2013 04:10:00Reported by RedHatType 
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OpenIPMI ipmievd creates a world writable PID file, enabling local users to kill processes.

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BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system allows attackers to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information.
28 Apr 201500:00
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BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system allows attackers to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information.
28 Apr 201500:00
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BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the CentOS operating system allows attackers to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information.
28 Apr 201500:00
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BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the CentOS operating system allows attackers to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information.
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Tenable Nessus		CentOS 6 : ipmitool (CESA-2011:1814)
23 Dec 201100:00
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Tenable Nessus		CentOS 5 : OpenIPMI (CESA-2013:0123)
17 Jan 201300:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-2376-2 : ipmitool - insecure PID file
12 Jan 201200:00
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Tenable Nessus		Fedora 16 : ipmitool-1.8.11-8.fc16 (2011-17065)
3 Jan 201200:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 15 : ipmitool-1.8.11-7.fc15 (2011-17071)
3 Jan 201200:00
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Tenable Nessus		Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ipmitool (MDVSA-2011:196)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386openipmi0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-0:2.0.16-16.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64openipmi0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-0:2.0.16-16.el5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcopenipmi0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-0:2.0.16-16.el5.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xopenipmi0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-0:2.0.16-16.el5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64openipmi0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-0:2.0.16-16.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386openipmi-debuginfo0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-debuginfo-0:2.0.16-16.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64openipmi-debuginfo0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-debuginfo-0:2.0.16-16.el5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcopenipmi-debuginfo0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-debuginfo-0:2.0.16-16.el5.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppc64openipmi-debuginfo0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-debuginfo-0:2.0.16-16.el5.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390openipmi-debuginfo0:2.0.16-16.el5OpenIPMI-debuginfo-0:2.0.16-16.el5.s390.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:38Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 23.6
EPSS0.00434
OpenIPMIIPMI event daemonpid file permissionworld writablelocal userskill processes
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