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CVE-2011-1159 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html	CVE	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html	CVE	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42947	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44621	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html	[email protected]	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42947	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44621	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
tedfelix acpid	<= 2.0.8 1.0.8 1.0.10 2.0.0 2.0.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:1.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:1.0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.06:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

tedfelix acpid

<= 2.0.8

1.0.8

1.0.10

2.0.0

2.0.1

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid:2.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]