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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200905-06.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<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 &quot;&gt;=sys-power/acpid-1.0.10&quot;</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>