VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1159
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…
LOW 2.1EPSS 1.09%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.09% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- tedfelix/acpid
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.htmlPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42947Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44621Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4Exploit, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12Exploit, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.htmlPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42947Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44621Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4Exploit, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12Exploit, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.