CVE - CVE-2011-1159

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1159	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:45915 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45915 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688698 FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-6460 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-6681 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059880.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20110119 2 acpid flaws URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/19/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110315 Re: 2 acpid flaws URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/12 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110315 Re: 2 acpid flaws URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/7 SECUNIA:42947 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42947 SECUNIA:44621 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44621
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110303	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110303)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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