RHSA-2009:0474Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: acpid security update

Published
May 7, 2009
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2009-0798 →

📋 Description

CVE-2009-0798 — acpid: too many open files DoS

🎯 Affected products72

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • acpid-0:1.0.1-3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • acpid-0:1.0.1-3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • acpid-0:1.0.1-3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • acpid-0:1.0.1-3.src as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.src as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.2-4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • acpid-0:1.0.3-2.el4_7.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • acpid-0:1.0.3-2.el4_7.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • acpid-0:1.0.3-2.el4_7.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)