CVE-2012-6136: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 17 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Tuned: version 2.10.0 only

Published 2019-11-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.