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Debian DSA-3020-1: Acpi-Support Critical Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2014
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During a review for EDF, Raphael Geissert discovered that the acpi-support package did not properly handle data obtained from a user's environment
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Summary

During a review for EDF, Raphael Geissert discovered that the
acpi-support package did not properly handle data obtained from a
user's environment. This could lead to program malfunction or allow a
local user to escalate privileges to the root user due to a programming
error.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.140-5+deb7u3.

For the testing distribution (jessie), and the unstable distribution (sid)
this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your acpi-support packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: acpi-support
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0484

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