Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-0798
CVE-2009-0798
Description
ACPI Event Daemon (acpid) before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them, which triggers an infinite loop.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.8
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:0.99.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tim_hockin:acpid:20010510:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.10
Patches
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References
20- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/34838nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34914nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34918nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35010nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35209nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35231nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1786nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-06.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0474.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34692nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-766-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50060nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7560nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9955nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01342.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01365.htmlnvd
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