USN-1234-1: acpid vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04

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.

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

• acpid - 1.0.10-5ubuntu2.2

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

References

• CVE-2011-1159