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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3020-1 (acpi-support - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
During a review for EDF, Raphael Geissert discovered that the acpi-support package did not properly handle data obtained from a user's environment. This could lead to program malfunction or allow a local user to escalate privileges to the root user due to a programming error.
Affected Software
Affected Software
acpi-support on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.140-5+deb7u3. For the testing distribution (jessie), and the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your acpi-support packages.