[USN-2297-1] acpi-support vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2297-1
July 22, 2014

acpi-support vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- acpi-support: scripts for handling many ACPI events

Details:

CESG discovered that acpi-support incorrectly handled certain privileged
operations when checking for power management daemons. A local attacker
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code and elevate privileges to
root.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  acpi-support                    0.140.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2297-1
  CVE-2014-1419

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/0.140.2


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