CVE-2012-6638

 

Published at: - 15-02-2014 03:57

Last modified: - 17-01-2023 10:47

Total changes: - 3

Description

The tcp_rcv_state_process function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel resource consumption) via a flood of SYN+FIN TCP packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2663.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826702
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2012-6638

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures