CVE-2012-3549
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
The SCTP implementation in FreeBSD 8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ASCONF chunk.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
FreeBSD - SCTP Remote NULL Ptr Dereference Denial of Service
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
OS impact
FreeBSD Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | Affected | — |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686962
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20226
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/28/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54797
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686962
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20226
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/28/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54797
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.