acpid: Denial of Service An error in acpid might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service. acpid May 24, 2009 May 24, 2009: 01 268079 remote 1.0.10 1.0.10

acpid is a daemon for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).

The acpid daemon allows opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, triggering an infinite loop.

Remote attackers can cause a Denial of Service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss).

There is no known workaround at this time.

All acpid users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-power/acpid-1.0.10" CVE-2009-0798 craig craig p-y