Canonical acpi-support 0.140 Privileges access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Canonical acpi-support 0.140. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Privileges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Debian acpi-support package before 0.140-5+deb7u3 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to the "user s environment."

The weakness was released 09/22/2014 by Raphael Geissert (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-0484 since 12/19/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82196 (Debian DLA-49-1 : acpi-support security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 0.140 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95871), Tenable (82196), SecurityFocus (BID 69730†), Secunia (SA61084†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46254†).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 82196
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-49-1 : acpi-support security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703020
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3020-1 (acpi-support - security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: acpi-support 0.140

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09/10/2014 +265 days 🔍
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09/22/2014 +4 days 🔍
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03/26/2015 +183 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +0 days 🔍
03/29/2022 +2560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Raphael Geissert
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-0484 (🔍)
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X-Force: 95871
SecurityFocus: 69730 - acpi-support CVE-2014-0484 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 61084 - Debian update for acpi-support, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 46254 - Debian acpi-support Package Local Host Privilege via \, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 03:08 PM
Updated: 03/29/2022 09:44 AM
Changes: 03/26/2015 03:08 PM (69), 06/07/2017 09:04 AM (6), 03/29/2022 09:44 AM (3)
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