CVE-2009-0798

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0798
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-24 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionACPI 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 0.99.0 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 0.99.1 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 0.99.4 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 1.0.0 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 1.0.1 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 1.0.2 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 1.0.3 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 1.0.4 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 1.0.6 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid 20010510 All All All
Application Tim Hockin Acpid All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- acpid: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
494443 – (CVE-2009-0798) CVE-2009-0798 acpid: too many open files DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Ubuntu update for acpid - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for acpid - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-766-1: acpid vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
acpid Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1786-1 acpid af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat update for acpid - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for acpid - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
502583 – CVE-2009-0798 acpid: too many open files DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo update for acpid - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: acpid-1.0.6-8.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:107 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: acpid-1.0.6-11.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
acpid Socket Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
acpid Socket Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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