CVE-2012-3412

Description

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3