CVE-2011-1784
N/A
Published: May 20, 2011 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKeepalived
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.2.20.2.10.2.30.2.60.2.70.3.50.3.60.3.70.3.80.4.80.4.90.4.9a0.5.30.5.50.5.60.5.70.5.80.5.90.6.10.6.100.6.20.6.30.6.40.6.50.6.60.6.70.6.80.6.90.7.10.7.61.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.1.01.1.11.1.101.1.111.1.121.1.131.1.141.1.151.1.161.1.171.1.181.1.191.1.21.1.201.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.61.1.71.1.81.1.91.2.01.2.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (11)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00012.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00013.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00018.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/16/7Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44460Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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