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GLSA-201310-20 : acpid2: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70676

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-20 (acpid2: Privilege escalation)

 acpid2 does not properly use the pidof program in powerbtn.sh.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All acpid2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-power/acpid-2.0.17'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70676

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201310-20.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 10/29/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:acpid, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2777

BID: 50993

GLSA: 201310-20