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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71817
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:138 (acpid)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to acpid
announced via advisory MDVSA-2012:138.

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in acpid:

Helmut Grohne and Michael Biebl discovered that ACPI scripts were
executed with a permissive file mode creation mask (umask). A local
attacker could read files and modify directories created by ACPI
scripts that did not set a strict umask (CVE-2011-4578).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 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-2012:138

Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4578
MDVSA-2012:138
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138
[oss-security] 20111206 Re: CVE request: acpid
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3
http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984
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