CVE-2012-3552
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 3.0 |
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.0-1 |
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3552
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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