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HistoryOct 28, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

acpid2: Privilege escalation

2013-10-2800:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
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4.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.3%

Background

acpid2 is a daemon for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.

Description

acpid2 does not properly use the pidof program in powerbtn.sh.

Impact

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All acpid2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-power/acpid-2.0.17"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallsys-power/acpid< 2.0.17UNKNOWN

4.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.3%