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medium 4.7

CVE-2011-0022 json

The setup scripts in 389 Directory Server 1.2.x (aka Red Hat Directory Server 8.2.x), when multiple unprivileged instances are configured,…

published 2011-02-23 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0048

cvss
4.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The setup scripts in 389 Directory Server 1.2.x (aka Red Hat Directory Server 8.2.x), when multiple unprivileged instances are configured, use 0777 permissions for the /var/run/dirsrv directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon outage or arbitrary process termination) by replacing PID files contained in this directory.

Patch / fix

  • redhat-ds-base directory server 8 8.2.4-1.el5dsrv
  • redhat-ds-admin directory server 8 8.2.1-1.el5dsrv

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0293

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0022 updated cvss 4.7

Server: insecure pid file directory permissions

  • Red Hat Directory Server 8 (for RHEL 5 Server) redhat-ds-base 8.2.4-1.el5dsrv, redhat-ds-admin 8.2.1-1.el5dsrv
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0293
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for AS v. 4) redhat-ds-base 8.2.4-1.el4dsrv, redhat-ds-admin 8.2.1-1.el4dsrv Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for ES v. 4) redhat-ds-base 8.2.4-1.el4dsrv, redhat-ds-admin 8.2.1-1.el4dsrv
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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