Upstream information

CVE-2011-2777 at MITRE

Description

samples/powerbtn/powerbtn.sh in acpid (aka acpid2) 2.0.16 and earlier uses the pidof program incorrectly, which allows local users to gain privileges by running a program with the name kded4 and a DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable containing commands.

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 4.4
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 736186 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 SP2 acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 acpid Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS acpid Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:13:13 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:36:48 2024