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CVE-2011-1784

CVE-2011-1784

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626281http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00012.htmlhttp://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00013.htmlhttp://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00018.htmlhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/5http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/16/7https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704039http://secunia.com/advisories/44460https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67477http://www.osvdb.org/72380http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47859