CVE-2012-6657
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
Description
The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.
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.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5.5 | Affected | — |
| 3.5.4 | Affected | — |
| 3.5.3 | Affected | — |
| 3.5.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.5.1 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.0 | Affected | — |
| 10.0 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.6.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.6.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.6.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.6.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.6.4-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6657
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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