CVE catalog

CVE-2011-4339

ipmitool: CVE-2011-4339

Severity: Medium
Published: Dec 13, 2011, 9:06:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.43% · Oct 25, 2026

ipmievd (aka the IPMI event daemon) in OpenIPMI, as used in the ipmitool package 1.8.11 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora 16, and other products uses 0666 permissions for its ipmievd.pid PID file, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing to this file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	ipmitool	sid	`1.8.19-10.1`	fixed
Debian	ipmitool	forky	`1.8.19-10.1`	fixed
Debian	ipmitool	trixie	`1.8.19-9`	fixed
Debian	ipmitool	bookworm	`1.8.19-4+deb12u2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	ipmitool	source	sid	`1.8.11-5`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[651917]
Debian	ipmitool	source	forky	`1.8.11-5`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[651917]
Debian	ipmitool	source	trixie	`1.8.11-5`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[651917]
Debian	ipmitool	source	bookworm	`1.8.11-5`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[651917]

[Debian bug #651917]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[ipmitool]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.8.19-4+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.8.11-5
  dsa · ipmitool · debian · bookworm; dsa · ipmitool · debian · 12
- 1.8.19-4+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.8.11-5
  dsa · ipmitool · debian · bookworm; dsa · ipmitool · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[ipmitool]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.8.19-9 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.8.11-5
  dsa · ipmitool · debian · 13
- 1.8.19-9 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.8.11-5
  dsa · ipmitool · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:05:41 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]