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CVE-2009-4033
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage…
Impact
A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Hockin | Acpid | Version 1.0.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555