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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1786-1)

🗓️ 05 May 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType 
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The Debian 'acpid' package is prone to a denial of service attack via a large number of UNIX sockets not closed properly. Upgrade acpid packages to fix the issue

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63938");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0798");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-05-05 14:00:35 +0000 (Tue, 05 May 2009)");
  script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1786-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB(4|5)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1786-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/DSA-1786-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1786");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'acpid' package(s) announced via the DSA-1786-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that acpid, a daemon for delivering ACPI events, is prone to a denial of service attack by opening a large number of UNIX sockets, which are not closed properly.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.8-1lenny1.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-5etch1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.10-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your acpid packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'acpid' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB4") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpid", ver:"1.0.4-5etch1", rls:"DEB4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "DEB5") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpid", ver:"1.0.8-1lenny1", rls:"DEB5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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