National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3412

Overview

The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2012:1679

Hyperlink:https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c

Hyperlink:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844714

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844714

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1580-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1579-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1578-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1577-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1575-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1572-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1568-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1567-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120803 Remote DoS in Linux sfc driver through TCP MSS option (CVE-2012-3412)

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/4

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50811

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50811

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50732

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50732

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50633

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50633

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1430

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1430.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1401

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1401.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1375

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1375.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1347

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1347.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1324

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1324.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1323

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1330

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00005.html