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CVE-2009-0798 Detail

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.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/34838 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34838 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34914
http://secunia.com/advisories/34914
http://secunia.com/advisories/34918
http://secunia.com/advisories/34918
http://secunia.com/advisories/35010
http://secunia.com/advisories/35010
http://secunia.com/advisories/35209
http://secunia.com/advisories/35209
http://secunia.com/advisories/35231
http://secunia.com/advisories/35231
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1786
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1786
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-06.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:107
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:107
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0474.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0474.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34692
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022182
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022182
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-766-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-766-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494443 Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494443 Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502583
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502583
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50060
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50060
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7560
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7560
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9955
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9955
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01342.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01342.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01365.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01365.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0798
NVD Published Date:
04/24/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.