CVE-2012-0698
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
Description
tcsd in TrouSerS before 0.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted type_offset value in a TCP packet to port 30003.
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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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.3.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.3.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.3.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.3.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.3.9-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | {"endIncluding":"0.3.9"} | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.2.8 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.2.9 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.2.9.1 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.2.9.2 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.0 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.1 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.2 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.3 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.4 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.5 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.6 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.7 | |
| trustedcomputinggroup | trousers | 0.3.8 | |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692649
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/118281/TrouSerS-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51295
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3473554&group_id=126012&atid=704358
- http://trousers.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=trousers/trousers%3Ba=commit%3Bh=50dd06a6f639b76b3bb629606ef71b2dc5407601
- http://trousers.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=trousers/trousers%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ae0c2f8c1fd7a96ba0191f83b6057f8cbc51e786
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2576
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22904/
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0698_denial_of
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781648
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80226
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0698
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.