keepalived up to 0.2.3 pidfile_write access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in keepalived up to 0.2.3. The impacted element is the function pidfile_write. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1784. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in keepalived up to 0.2.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function pidfile_write. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 05/20/2011 as Bug 704039 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1784 since 04/19/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61776 (Fedora 16 : keepalived-1.2.3-2.fc16 (2012-12367)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67477), Tenable (61776), SecurityFocus (BID 47859†), OSVDB (72380†) and Secunia (SA44460†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 61776
Nessus Name: Fedora 16 : keepalived-1.2.3-2.fc16 (2012-12367)
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OpenVAS ID: 864694
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for keepalived FEDORA-2012-12367
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04/19/2011 🔍
05/10/2011 +21 days 🔍
05/16/2011 +6 days 🔍
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05/20/2011 +4 days 🔍
05/20/2011 +0 days 🔍
09/05/2012 +474 days 🔍
09/16/2012 +11 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +918 days 🔍
11/07/2021 +2421 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 704039
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1784 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1784
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57482
X-Force: 67477
SecurityFocus: 47859 - keepalived Insecure PID Files Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 44460 - keepalived Insecure PID Files Security Issue, Not Critical
OSVDB: 72380
Vulnerability Center: 36133 - Keepalived 1.2.2 and Earlier Allows to Kill Arbitrary Processes, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/07/2021 15:02
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/17/2017 10:52 (12), 11/07/2021 15:02 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:6D4:103

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