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CVE-2009-0798

Published: 24 April 2009

ACPI Event Daemon (acpid) before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, which triggers an infinite loop.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand 
fixes for 9.04 were merged into 9.10 in 1.0.6-9ubuntu5

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
acpid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		dapper
Released (1.0.4-1ubuntu11.2)
gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy
Released (1.0.4-5ubuntu9.3)
intrepid
Released (1.0.6-9ubuntu4.8.10.2)
jaunty
Released (1.0.6-9ubuntu4.9.04.2)
upstream Needs triage

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