CVE-2012-6136

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6136
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-20 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-18 15:05:00 UTC
Descriptiontuned 2.10.0 creates its PID file with insecure permissions which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tuned 2.10.0 - All All
Application Redhat Tuned 2.10.0 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2012-6136 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
918813 – (CVE-2012-6136) CVE-2012-6136 tuned: insecure permissions of tuned.pid CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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