Debian DSA-2376-1 Moderate: Ipmitool Insecure PID File Risk
debian
December 30, 2011
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 pro...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.11-2+squeeze2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.11-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your ipmitool packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: ipmitool
CVE ID: CVE-2011-4339
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