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Cent OS: CVE-2012-3552: CESA-2012:1540 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-3552: CESA-2012:1540 (kernel)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/03/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
08/04/2020

Description

Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.

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

  • DSA-2668
  • CVE-2012-3552
  • RHSA-2012:1540

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