Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : acpid (MDVSA-2009:107-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38707

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The daemon in acpid before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, which triggers an infinite loop (CVE-2009-0798).

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.

Update :

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers

Solution

Update the affected acpid package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38707

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-107.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 5/8/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:acpid, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0798

BID: 34692

CWE: 399

MDVSA: 2009:107-1

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