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CVE-2011-1159 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/04/2011

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.1 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html 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 Exploit Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698 Patch

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1159
NVD Published Date:
10/04/2011
NVD Last Modified:
05/14/2012