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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-05-20T22:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-16T14:57:01

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2011-1784

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-05-20T22:55:04.970

Modified: 2017-08-17T01:34:22.557


Link: CVE-2011-1784

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