Vulnerability in Openswan
CVE-2011-2147
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Openswan — versions 2.2.0, 2.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00012.html (mailing-list)
- lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00018.html (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67822 (vdb-entry)
- lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00013.html (mailing-list)