Upstream information
Description
Openswan 2.2.x does not properly restrict permissions for (1) /var/run/starter.pid, related to starter.c in the IPsec starter, and (2) /var/lock/subsys/ipsec, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing a PID to a file, or possibly bypass disk quotas by writing arbitrary data to a file, as demonstrated by files with 0666 permissions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1784.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.6 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:10:31 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 17 17:11:58 2024