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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4565: CESA-2012:1580 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4565: CESA-2012:1580 (kernel)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/21/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The tcp_illinois_info function in net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) by reading TCP stats.

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-perf
  • centos-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • 56346
  • CVE-2012-4565
  • RHSA-2012:1580
  • USN-1644-1
  • USN-1645-1
  • USN-1646-1
  • USN-1647-1
  • USN-1648-1
  • USN-1649-1
  • USN-1650-1
  • USN-1651-1
  • USN-1652-1
  • USN-1653-1
  • USN-1704-1
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