<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201310-20"> <title>acpid2: Privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in acpid2 may allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">acpid</product> <announced>October 28, 2013</announced> <revised>October 28, 2013: 1</revised> <bug>434522</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="sys-power/acpid" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.0.17</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.17</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>acpid2 is a daemon for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.</p> </background> <description> <p>acpid2 does not properly use the pidof program in powerbtn.sh. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All acpid2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-power/acpid-2.0.17" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2777">CVE-2011-2777</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:31:23 +0000">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:52:47 +0000">ackle</metadata> </glsa>