Ubuntu Update for acpid USN-1234-1

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Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1234-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that acpid did not properly handle connections from poorly behaving clients. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service.
Affected
acpid on Ubuntu 11.04 , Ubuntu 10.10 , Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Low Severity
Classification
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