Debian DSA-2376-2 : ipmitool - insecure PID file

low Nessus Plugin ID 57516

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that OpenIPMI, the Intelligent Platform Management Interface library and tools, used too wide permissions PID file, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing to this file.

Solution

Upgrade the ipmitool packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.9-2+squeeze1. (Although the version number contains the string 'squeeze', this is in fact an update for lenny.)

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.11-2+squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 57516

File Name: debian_DSA-2376.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/12/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ipmitool

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4339

BID: 51036

DSA: 2376

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