Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2014-1419 is a local privilege-escalation issue in acpi-support before 0.142. A user who already has local access to an affected system could potentially gain higher privileges through a race condition in power policy handling. The public bundle does not provide exploit details or a CVSS score. Likely exposure is legacy Debian or Ubuntu-derived systems that still have acpi-support earlier than 0.142 installed. Modern fully patched systems are less likely exposed. Confirm exact affected distribution releases using vendor advisories because the CVE bundle lists generic affected product data as n/a. Treat this as a moderate-priority legacy Linux hygiene issue. It is not described as remotely exploitable or actively exploited in the supplied sources, but local privilege escalation can matter on shared systems, jump hosts, workstations, and older server images. Mitigation focus: Upgrade acpi-support according to Ubuntu or Debian security advisory guidance.; Confirm the installed package is not earlier than acpi-support 0.142.; Prioritize legacy servers and desktops with local shell users..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/acpi-support/%2Bbug/1340812CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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