CVE-2012-4459

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-03-05
Bugzilla:
861241: CVE-2012-4459 qpid-cpp: crash due to qpid::framing::Buffer::checkAvailable() wraparound

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the qpid::framing::Buffer::checkAvailable function in Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Find out more about CVE-2012-4459 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (qpid-cpp) RHSA-2013:0562 2013-03-06
Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 (qpid-cpp) RHSA-2013:0562 2013-03-06
MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server v.2 RHSA-2013:0561 2013-03-06

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 qpid-cpp Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qpid-cpp Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team.

External References

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