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USN-2297-1: acpi-support vulnerability

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USN-2297-1: acpi-support vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/24/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/28/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Race condition in the power policy functions in policy-funcs in acpi-support before 0.142 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-acpi-support

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