acpid: too many open files DoS
Published Apr 24, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.31%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.0.8
- 0.99.0
- 0.99.1
- 0.99.4
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.6
- 20010510
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
acpid-0:1.0.1-3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0474
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
acpid-0:1.0.2-4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0474
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
acpid-0:1.0.3-2.el4_7.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0474
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
acpid-0:1.0.4-7.el5_3.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0474
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | acpid-0:1.0.1-3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0474 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | acpid-0:1.0.2-4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0474 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | acpid-0:1.0.3-2.el4_7.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0474 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | acpid-0:1.0.4-7.el5_3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0474 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02312) | 82.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02312) | 81.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.80% (0.08804) | 91.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.45% (0.15449) | 91.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.80% (0.08804) | 91.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 21.25% (0.21245) | 96.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 21, 2024 | 19.46% (0.19456) | 96.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 18.32% (0.18322) | 95.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34838 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34914 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35010 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35209 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35231 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1786 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:107 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0474.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34692 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022182 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-766-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0798 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494443 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502583 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50060 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0798
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7560 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9955 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0798
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01342.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01365.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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