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CVE-2012-6657

2014-09-2800:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
30

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

16.0%

The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before
3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream
socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system
crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
jdstrand android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.04 preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux< 2.6.32-49.111UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux< 3.2.0-33.52UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-armadaxp< 3.2.0-1610.15UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-ec2< 2.6.32-354.67UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-ti-omap4< 3.2.0-1421.28UNKNOWN

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

16.0%