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ipmitool — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339

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.

Products
ipmitool
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.8.11-5
CVEs
CVE-2011-4339
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:38 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Dec 2011, 03:57 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339

ipmitool

Fixed versions: 1.8.11-5

ipmitool

Fixed versions: 1.8.11-5

ipmitool

Fixed versions: 1.8.11-5

Complete source record
{
  "id": "40a73371d6a2d587bd33195bee378c0b11e1300b7a2a7ae71b28b016890dbd32",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ipmitool",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.8.11-5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ipmitool",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.8.11-5",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ipmitool",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.8.11-5",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.8.11-5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ipmitool",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ipmitool?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.8.11-5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ipmitool",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ipmitool?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.8.11-5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ipmitool",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ipmitool?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4339.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:49.042438040Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-4339"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4339"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2011-4339",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 419104,
  "published_at": "2011-12-15T03:57:34.183+00:00"
}