<?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>2009-05-24</announced> <revised count="01">2009-05-24</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 ">=sys-power/acpid-1.0.10"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0798">CVE-2009-0798</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-05-24T00:11:41Z"> craig </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-05-24T00:29:02Z"> craig </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-05-24T18:05:05Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>