acpid2: Privilege escalation

acpid2: Privilege escalation A vulnerability in acpid2 may allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges. acpid October 28, 2013 October 28, 2013: 1 434522 local 2.0.17 2.0.17

acpid2 is a daemon for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.

acpid2 does not properly use the pidof program in powerbtn.sh.

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All acpid2 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-power/acpid-2.0.17"

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