| Name | CVE-2009-4235 |
| Description | acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1960-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 560771 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| acpid (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.0.23-2 | fixed |
| stretch | 1:2.0.28-1 | fixed |
| buster | 1:2.0.31-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:2.0.32-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:2.0.33-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:2.0.34-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
all versions set umask(0), might be worth double-checking what it opens