CVE-2009-0798
acpid - denial of service
EPSS 8.8%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-0798
To remediate CVE-2009-0798, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/acpid—upgrade to 1.0.10-1 or later
- Debian/acpid—upgrade to 1.0.4-5etch1 or later
Is CVE-2009-0798 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.10-1
- from 0, < 1.0.4-5etch1