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RHEL 5 : acpid (RHSA-2009:1642)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 43047
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
An updated acpid package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
acpid is a daemon that dispatches ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) events to user-space programs.
It was discovered that acpid could create its log file ('/var/log/acpid') with random permissions on some systems. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges if the log file was created as world-writable and with the setuid or setgid bit set. (CVE-2009-4033)
Please note that this flaw was due to a Red Hat-specific patch (acpid-1.0.4-fd.patch) included in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 acpid package.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Solution
Update the affected acpid package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 43047
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1642.nasl
Version: 1.35
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/8/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:acpid, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-4033, CVE-2009-4235