CVE-2012-3552

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 03 Oct 2012, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 20:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.03% LOW
2% probability -0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Oct 2012, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 20:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.03%• Percentile: 84%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_eus

    6.2

References (6)