Executive Summary

Summary
Title acpid2: Privilege escalation
Informations
Name GLSA-201310-20 First vendor Publication 2013-10-28
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2013-10-28
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.4 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in acpid2 may allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges.

Background

acpid2 is a daemon for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.

Description

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.

Resolution

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

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-2777 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2777

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-20.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-20.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 16

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2011-12-10 Acpid 1:2.0.10-1ubuntu2 Privilege Boundary Crossing Vulnerability

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-21 Name : Mandriva Update for acpid MDVSA-2012:137 (acpid)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_137.nasl
2012-02-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2362-1 (acpid)
File : nvt/deb_2362_1.nasl
2011-12-09 Name : Ubuntu Update for acpid USN-1296-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1296_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
77592 acpid /etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh Process ID Identification DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRES...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-10-29 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201310-20.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-137.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-12 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2362.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-12-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1296-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:37:51
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-28 21:19:52
  • First insertion