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HistoryAug 09, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

CentOS Update for acpid CESA-2009:0474 centos4 i386

2011-08-0900:00:00
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.183 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.2%

The remote host is missing an update for the

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-May/015926.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880915");
  script_version("2023-07-12T05:05:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-12 05:05:04 +0000 (Wed, 12 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  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_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2009:0474");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0798");
  script_name("CentOS Update for acpid CESA-2009:0474 centos4 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'acpid'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS4");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"acpid on CentOS 4");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"acpid is a daemon that dispatches ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
  Interface) events to user-space programs.

  Anthony de Almeida Lopes of Outpost24 AB reported a denial of service flaw
  in the acpid daemon's error handling. If an attacker could exhaust the
  sockets open to acpid, the daemon would enter an infinite loop, consuming
  most CPU resources and preventing acpid from communicating with legitimate
  processes. (CVE-2009-0798)

  Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
  backported patch to correct this issue.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS4")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"acpid", rpm:"acpid~1.0.3~2.el4_7.1", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.183 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.2%