Summary
The remote host is missing an update to acpid
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:107-1.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:107-1
Insight
The daemon in acpid before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, which triggers an infinite loop (CVE-2009-0798).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
Update:
Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.
Affected: 2008.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0798 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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