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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66684
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:343 (acpid)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to acpid
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:343.

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in acpid:

acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users
to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive
information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by
overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033
(CVE-2009-4235).

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0
customers.

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Affected: 2008.0, 2009.0, 2009.1, 2010.0, Enterprise Server 5.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:343

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.9

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4033
1023284
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023284
37249
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37249
MDVSA-2009:342
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:342
RHSA-2009:1642
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1642.html
acpid-logfile-privilege-escalation(54677)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54677
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515062
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542926
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10555
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10555
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4235
Debian Security Information: DSA-1960 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1960
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:343
XForce ISS Database: acpid-umask-weak-security(54676)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54676
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