CVE - CVE-2011-4578

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-4578	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
event.c in acpid (aka acpid2) before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to (1) perform write operations within directories created by a script, or (2) read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system calls.
References
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MISC:MDVSA-2012:138 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:138~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:[oss-security] 20111206 Re: CVE request: acpid URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/06/3 MISC:http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True URL:http://sourceforge.net/u/tedfelix/acpid2/ci/02d0bf29207f17996936ab652717855b15873901/tree/Changelog?force=True MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821 URL:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760984
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20111129	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20111129)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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