CVE-2012-3552

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.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.04% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259 third party advisory patch
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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11 patch mailing list third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465 patch third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3552?
CVE-2012-3552 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3552?
To fix CVE-2012-3552, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-3552 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-3552 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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