Executive Summary

Summary
Title acpid vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1234-1 First vendor Publication 2011-10-20
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2011-10-20
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

acpid could be made to stall under certain conditions.

Software Description: - acpid: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon

Details:

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that acpid did not properly handle connections from poorly behaving clients. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
acpid 1:2.0.7-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu2.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1234-1
CVE-2011-1159

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/1:2.0.7-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/1.0.10-5ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/1.0.10-5ubuntu2.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1234-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21324
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21324
Title: USN-1234-1 -- acpid vulnerability
Description: acpid could be made to stall under certain conditions.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1234-1
CVE-2011-1159
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
 Product(s): acpid
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 10

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-03 Name : Mandriva Update for acpid MDVSA-2012:086 (acpid)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_086.nasl
2012-02-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2362-1 (acpid)
File : nvt/deb_2362_1.nasl
2011-10-21 Name : Ubuntu Update for acpid USN-1234-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1234_1.nasl
2011-05-17 Name : Fedora Update for acpid FEDORA-2011-6460
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_6460_acpid_fc14.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
70625 acpid Daemon Socket Blocking Mode Local DoS

acpid contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is triggered when the daemon uses a socket in blocking mode to communicate with unprivileged programs, which may be exploited to cause a denial of service.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-06-01 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-086.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
2011-10-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1234-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-6460.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-6681.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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