Scientific Linux Security Update : acpid on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

medium Nessus Plugin ID 60580

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Anthony de Almeida Lopes of Outpost24 AB reported a denial of service flaw in the acpid daemon's error handling. If an attacker could exhaust the sockets open to acpid, the daemon would enter an infinite loop, consuming most CPU resources and preventing acpid from communicating with legitimate processes. (CVE-2009-0798)

Solution

Update the affected acpid package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 60580

File Name: sl_20090507_acpid_on_SL3_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0798

CWE: 399

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