CVE-2011-1159
N/A
Published: October 5, 2011 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAcpid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42947Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44621Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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