CVE-2011-1784

Low

Description

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.6
Exploit probability—
ProductKeepalived
PublishedMay 20, 2011
First seenMay 20, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
keepalived keepalivedv ≤ 1.2.2, 0.2.1, 0.2.3, 0.2.6, 0.2.7, 0.3.5, 0.3.6, 0.3.7, 0.3.8, 0.4.8, 0.4.9, 0.4.9a, 0.5.3, 0.5.5, 0.5.6, 0.5.7, 0.5.8, 0.5.9, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.8, 0.6.9, 0.6.10, 0.7.1, 0.7.6, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.16, 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19, 1.1.20, 1.2.0, 1.2.1—

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