PT-2012-4803 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Hafid Lin · Published 2012-09-25 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-3552

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0

Description A race condition exists in the IP implementation of the Linux kernel, potentially allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic, resulting in slab corruption and system crash.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0, update to version 3.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1304

CVE-2012-3552

DSA-2668-1

RHSA-2012:1304

RHSA-2012:1540

RHSA-2012_1304

RHSA-2012_1540

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 15

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3552 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3552 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3552 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3552 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1304.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3552 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3552 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3552 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31 · Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259 · Note