CVE-2011-1159
acpid - several
EPSS 0.16%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1159
To remediate CVE-2011-1159, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/acpid—upgrade to 1:2.0.9-1 or later
- Debian/acpid—upgrade to 1.0.8-1lenny4 or later
Is CVE-2011-1159 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:2.0.9-1
- from 0, < 1.0.8-1lenny4