CVE-2012-6657

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 28 Sept 2014, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 21:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Sept 2014, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 21:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 31%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.5.6 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5

  • novell•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    10.0:sp4 | 11.0:sp1

References (9)