RHSA-2011:1814Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: ipmitool security update

Published
December 13, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-4339 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-4339 — OpenIPMI: IPMI event daemon creates PID file with world writeable permissions

🎯 Affected products26

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-0:1.8.11-12.el6_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)