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Status published
Low
CVE-2011-1159
acpid.c in acpid before 2.0.9 does not properly handle a...
Vulnerability Description
acpid.c in acpid before 2.0.9 does not properly handle a situation in which a process has connected to acpid.socket but is not reading any data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a crafted application that performs a connect system call but no read system calls.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44621
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42947
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html
Affected Vendor
tedfelix
View all reports →Affected Software
acpid
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.8, 1.0.10, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.7, 2.06
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 5th, 2011
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.