Debian DLA-30-1 : acpi-support security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82178

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

CESG discovered a race condition in acpi-support which may allow an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code as a different user, including root.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82178

File Name: debian_DLA-30.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:acpi-support-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:acpi-support, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:acpi-fakekey

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1419

BID: 68827

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