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CVE-2011-4339 json

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/Li…

published 2011-12-15 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4271

cvss
3.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ipmitool Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.11-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339

  • OpenIPMI RHEL 5 2.0.16-16.el5
  • OpenIPMI-gui RHEL 5 2.0.16-16.el5
  • OpenIPMI-libs RHEL 5 2.0.16-16.el5
  • OpenIPMI-perl RHEL 5 2.0.16-16.el5
  • OpenIPMI-tools RHEL 5 2.0.16-16.el5
  • OpenIPMI-python RHEL 5 2.0.16-16.el5
  • ipmitool RHEL 6 1.8.11-12.el6_2.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0123RHSA-2011:1814

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-2011-4339 updated cvss 4.7

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) OpenIPMI 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-gui 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-libs 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-perl 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-tools 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-python 2.0.16-16.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) OpenIPMI 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-gui 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-libs 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-perl 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-tools 2.0.16-16.el5, OpenIPMI-python 2.0.16-16.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0123
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) ipmitool 1.8.11-12.el6_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1814
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) OpenIPMI 2.0.16-16.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0123
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) ipmitool 1.8.11-12.el6_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ipmitool 1.8.11-12.el6_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ipmitool 1.8.11-12.el6_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1814
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 OpenIPMI
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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