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| <glsa id="200905-06"> |
| <title>acpid: Denial of Service</title> |
| <synopsis> |
| An error in acpid might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of |
| Service. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">acpid</product> |
| <announced>May 24, 2009</announced> |
| <revised>May 24, 2009: 01</revised> |
| <bug>268079</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="sys-power/acpid" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">1.0.10</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.10</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p> |
| acpid is a daemon for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
| (ACPI). |
| </p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p> |
| The acpid daemon allows opening a large number of UNIX sockets without |
| closing them, triggering an infinite loop. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p> |
| Remote attackers can cause a Denial of Service (CPU consumption and |
| connectivity loss). |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p> |
| There is no known workaround at this time. |
| </p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p> |
| All acpid users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| </p> |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-power/acpid-1.0.10"</code> |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0798">CVE-2009-0798</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 24 May 2009 00:11:41 +0000"> |
| craig |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 24 May 2009 00:29:02 +0000"> |
| craig |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 24 May 2009 18:05:05 +0000"> |
| p-y |
| </metadata> |
| </glsa> |