CVE-2011-1159

Tedfelix Acpid < 2.0.8 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Vasiliy Kulikov · cdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35240

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (9)

[Patch] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html

[Patch] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/42947

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/44621

[Exploit, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4

[Exploit, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12

[Exploit, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7

[Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915

Scores

EPSS 0.0018

EPSS Percentile 38.8%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (11)

tedfelix/acpid 1.0.8

tedfelix/acpid 1.0.10

tedfelix/acpid 2.0.0

tedfelix/acpid 2.0.1

tedfelix/acpid 2.0.2

tedfelix/acpid 2.0.3

tedfelix/acpid 2.0.4

tedfelix/acpid 2.0.5

tedfelix/acpid 2.0.7

tedfelix/acpid 2.06

... and 1 more

Published Oct 05, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026