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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-2297-1 Critical Update for Acpi-Support Issues

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2014
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA-3768-1 highlights vulnerabilities in the acpi-utils package, which could permit unauthorized access to elevated privileges.
The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

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.

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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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2297-1

CVE-2014-1419

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July 22, 2014

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Package Information

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

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