CVE-2011-2777

Name	CVE-2011-2777
Description	samples/powerbtn/powerbtn.sh in acpid (aka acpid2) 2.0.16 and earlier uses the pidof program incorrectly, which allows local users to gain privileges by running a program with the name kded4 and a DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable containing commands.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium (attack range: local)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
acpid (PTS)	jessie	1:2.0.23-2	fixed
	buster, sid, stretch	1:2.0.28-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
acpid	source	(unstable)	1:2.0.14-1	medium
acpid	source	lenny	(not affected)
acpid	source	squeeze	1:2.0.7-1squeeze3	medium

[lenny] - acpid <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)