RedHat: Important: acpid security update
Summary
acpid is a daemon that dispatches ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface) events to user-space programs.
It was discovered that acpid could create its log file ("/var/log/acpid")
with random permissions on some systems. A local attacker could use this
flaw to escalate their privileges if the log file was created as
world-writable and with the setuid or setgid bit set. (CVE-2009-4033)
Please note that this flaw was due to a Red Hat-specific patch
(acpid-1.0.4-fd.patch) included in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 acpid
package.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4033 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
acpid-debuginfo-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
acpid-debuginfo-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
acpid-debuginfo-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
ia64:
acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
acpid-debuginfo-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
acpid-debuginfo-1.0.4-9.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
Topic
An updated acpid package that fixes one security issue is now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
515062 - /var/log/acpid has improper permissions
542926 - CVE-2009-4033 acpid: log file created with random permissions