National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2192

Overview

The socketpair function in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that leverages the presence of a socket on the free list.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: aix-socketpair-dos(76032)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76032

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027126

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027126

External Source: BID

Name: 53567

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53567

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IV21235

Hyperlink:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21235

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IV21131

Hyperlink:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21131

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IV21128

Hyperlink:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21128

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IV19178

Hyperlink:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19178

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IV16603

Hyperlink:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV16603

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/socket_advisory.asc

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/socket_advisory.asc