USN-766-1: acpid vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• acpid -

Details

It was discovered that acpid did not properly handle a large number of
connections. A local user could exploit this and monopolize CPU resources,
leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.04

• acpid - 1.0.6-9ubuntu4.9.04.2

Ubuntu 8.10

• acpid - 1.0.6-9ubuntu4.8.10.2

Ubuntu 8.04

• acpid - 1.0.4-5ubuntu9.3

Ubuntu 6.06

• acpid - 1.0.4-1ubuntu11.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-0798