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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-10-05 01:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 84d9cc3d5341ff029abb4fcbdd985142424a0e15340a1335f7dd7e320604bb69
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com45915http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-6681http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html
- secunia.com44621http://secunia.com/advisories/44621
- secunia.com42947http://secunia.com/advisories/42947
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110315 Re: 2 acpid flawshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110119 2 acpid flawshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110315 Re: 2 acpid flawshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-6460http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- acpid Fixed in 1:2.0.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- acpid Fixed in 1:2.0.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- acpid Fixed in 1:2.0.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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