1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1234-1

USN-1234-1: acpid vulnerability

Publication date

20 October 2011

Overview

acpid could be made to stall under certain conditions.

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
11.04 natty acpid –  1:2.0.7-1ubuntu2.1
10.10 maverick acpid –  1.0.10-5ubuntu4.1
10.04 lucid acpid –  1.0.10-5ubuntu2.2

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