PT-2014-1803 · Canonical · Acpi-Support

Jonathan Davies + 1 · Published 2014-07-22 · Updated 2017-01-07 · CVE-2014-1419

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions acpi-support versions prior to 0.142

Description A race condition in the power policy functions of acpi-support allows local users to gain privileges. Multiple vulnerabilities in the acpi-support package may lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by a local attacker.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.142, update to version 0.142 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the power policy functions in policy-funcs to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04136

CVE-2014-1419

DLA-30-1

DSA-2984-1

USN-2297-1

Affected Products

Acpi-Support

References · 15

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1419 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1419 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04136 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2297-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1419 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1419 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2297-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/acpi-support/%2Bbug/1340812 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-2984 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60319 · Note