CVE-2012-3412
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2012-3412 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2012:1375 | 2012-10-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) (kernel) | RHSA-2012:1347 | 2012-10-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2012:1323 | 2012-10-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.2 (kernel) | RHSA-2012:1401 | 2012-10-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1) (kernel) | RHSA-2012:1430 | 2012-11-06 |
| RHEV Agents (VDSM) | RHSA-2012:1324 | 2012-10-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2012:1366 | 2012-10-16 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Ben Hutchings of Solarflare (tm) for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation