CVE-2012-6136

Publication date 20 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

tuned 2.10.0 creates its PID file with insecure permissions which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tuned 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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