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Cent OS: CVE-2012-3412: CESA-2012:1366 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-3412: CESA-2012:1366 (kernel)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/03/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-firmware
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
  • centos-upgrade-perf
  • centos-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • CVE-2012-3412
  • RHSA-2012:1323
  • RHSA-2012:1324
  • RHSA-2012:1347
  • RHSA-2012:1375
  • RHSA-2012:1401
  • RHSA-2012:1430
  • SUSE-SU-2012:1679
  • USN-1260-1
  • USN-1567-1
  • USN-1568-1
  • USN-1572-1
  • USN-1573-1
  • USN-1574-1
  • USN-1575-1
  • USN-1577-1
  • USN-1578-1
  • USN-1579-1
  • USN-1580-1
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