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GLSA-200905-06 : acpid: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38887

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200905-06 (acpid: Denial of Service)

 The acpid daemon allows opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, triggering an infinite loop.
 Impact :

 Remote attackers can cause a Denial of Service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss).
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All acpid users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-power/acpid-1.0.10'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200905-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38887

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200905-06.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 5/26/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:acpid, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0798

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200905-06