Upstream information

CVE-2011-4578 at MITRE

Description

event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 735282 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • acpid >= 1.0.6-91.25.20
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA acpid-1.0.6-91.25.20
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • acpid >= 1.0.6-91.25.20
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA acpid-1.0.6-91.25.20

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS acpid Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS acpid Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:21:15 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:39:39 2024