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 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284 - () http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284 -
References () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342 - () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342 -
References () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html - () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926 -
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555 -

Information

Published : 2009-12-08 19:30

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:08


NVD link : CVE-2009-4033

Mitre link : CVE-2009-4033

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-4033


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Products Affected

tim_hockin

  • acpid
CWE
CWE-264

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