CVE-2009-0798

Publication date 24 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

ACPI Event Daemon (acpid) before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, which triggers an infinite loop.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
acpid	9.04 jaunty	Fixed in 1.0.6-9ubuntu4.9.04.2
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed in 1.0.6-9ubuntu4.8.10.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed in 1.0.4-5ubuntu9.3
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed in 1.0.4-1ubuntu11.2