CVE-2011-1784
lowpriority · track · 14EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (58)
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references (33)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626281cnnvd
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00012.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00013.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00018.htmlcnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/5cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/16/7cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44460cnnvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/72380cnnvd
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