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title: "CVE-2009-4235\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-4235

Publication date 8 December 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to
leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive
information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by
overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4235?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| acpid | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

per Debian, only logs to syslog.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4235)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4235)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4235)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4235)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4235>