CVE-2012-3412
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8
Description
The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3412
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.0.44 | |
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.2.29-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.2.29-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.2.29-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.2.29-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.2.29-1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1324.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1347.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1375.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1401.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1430.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50633
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50811
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51193
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844714
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3412
CWEs
CWE-189
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.