CVE-2012-3552

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.

CVSS v3 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 7.1 HIGH

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0	Broken Link
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	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-10-03 11:02

Updated : 2023-02-13 00:25

NVD link : CVE-2012-3552

Mitre link : CVE-2012-3552

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-3552

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_eus

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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