CVE-2011-1159

Public Exploit

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.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.12%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44621 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42947 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7 mailing list exploit patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698 patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4 mailing list exploit patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12 mailing list exploit patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1159?
CVE-2011-1159 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1159?
To fix CVE-2011-1159, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1159 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1159 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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