Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66550
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:342 (acpid)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to acpid;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:342.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to acpid announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:342. Vulnerability Insight: Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in acpid: A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, or gain privileges by executing this file (CVE-2009-4033). 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). This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities. Affected: Corporate 4.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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