CVE-2012-3552
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux Eus
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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 network traffic.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.0
Affected range stops below 3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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