VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-3552

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…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.85%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.85% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-362
Affected: linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux eus
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.