CVE-2011-4578

NameCVE-2011-4578
Descriptionevent.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2362-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
acpid (PTS)buster1:2.0.31-1fixed
bullseye1:2.0.32-1fixed
bookworm1:2.0.33-2fixed
sid, trixie1:2.0.34-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
acpidsourcelenny1.0.8-1lenny4DSA-2362-1
acpidsourcesqueeze1:2.0.7-1squeeze3DSA-2362-1
acpidsource(unstable)1:2.0.11-1

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