DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0798

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0798

    Published: 24 Apr 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-0798

    Summary:

    Details: ACPI Event Daemon (acpid) before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, which triggers an infinite loop.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0798

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: acpid

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/acpid?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.10-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High