CVE-2012-3412

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3412
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 03 Oct 2012, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 20:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
42/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
5.92% LOW
6% probability -3.45%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Oct 2012, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 20:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 5.92%• Percentile: 93%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 11.04 | 11.10 | 12.04

  • debian•linux

    < 3.2.29-1 | < 3.2.29-1 | < 3.2.29-1 | < 3.2.29-1

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.0.44 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.2.30 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.12 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.5.5

References (25)