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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200905-06">
+ <title>acpid: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ An error in acpid might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of
+ Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">acpid</product>
+ <announced>2009-05-24</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2009-05-24</revised>
+ <bug>268079</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-power/acpid" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0.10</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.10</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ acpid is a daemon for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
+ (ACPI).
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The acpid daemon allows opening a large number of UNIX sockets without
+ closing them, triggering an infinite loop.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ Remote attackers can cause a Denial of Service (CPU consumption and
+ connectivity loss).
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All acpid users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-power/acpid-1.0.10"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0798">CVE-2009-0798</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-05-24T00:11:41Z">
+ craig
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-05-24T00:29:02Z">
+ craig
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-05-24T18:05:05Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>