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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 (...

LowCVSS 2.1 EPSS 1.1%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/acpid(Debian:12) < 1:2.0.9-1 1:2.0.9-1
debian/acpid(Debian:13) < 1:2.0.9-1 1:2.0.9-1
debian/acpid(Debian:14) < 1:2.0.9-1 1:2.0.9-1
tedfelix acpid <= 2.0.8 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 1.0.8 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 1.0.10 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.0.0 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.0.1 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.0.2 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.0.3 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.0.4 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.0.5 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.0.7 No fix listed
tedfelix acpid = 2.06 No fix listed

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