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RHEL 6 : ipmitool (RHSA-2011:1814)

low Nessus Plugin ID 57295

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated ipmitool package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The ipmitool package contains a command line utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control.

It was discovered that the IPMI event daemon (ipmievd) created its process ID (PID) file with world-writable permissions. A local user could use this flaw to make the ipmievd init script kill an arbitrary process when the ipmievd daemon is stopped or restarted.
(CVE-2011-4339)

All users of ipmitool are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, the IPMI event daemon (ipmievd) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected ipmitool and / or ipmitool-debuginfo packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4339

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1814

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 57295

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1814.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipmitool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipmitool-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4339

BID: 51036

RHSA: 2011:1814