CVE-2011-1159

acpid: blocked writes can lead to acpid daemon hang

Published Oct 5, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2362-1 acpid security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1169 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1234-1 acpid vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 8:57 PM
Reserved
Mar 3, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 5, 2011, 2:56 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:28 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 19, 2011, 12:00 AM