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CVE-2011-1784

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.p…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
KeepalivedKeepalived
through 1.2.2
Versions 0.2.1, 0.2.3, 0.2.6, 0.2.7, 0.3.5

Weakness classification

CWE-264

References