Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : acpid (MDVSA-2012:086)

low Nessus Plugin ID 59319

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in acpid :

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 (CVE-2011-1159).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected acpid package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59319

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-086.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 6/1/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:acpid, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1159

BID: 45915

MDVSA: 2012:086