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USN-1572-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-1572-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

10/03/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

05/06/2013

Modified

07/09/2020

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)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-386
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-ia64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-lpia
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-powerpc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-preempt
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-server
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-sparc64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-sparc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-versatile
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-43-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2012-3412
55151
CVE - 2012-3412
CVE - 2012-3430
CVE - 2012-3511
RHSA-2012:1323
RHSA-2012:1324
RHSA-2012:1347
RHSA-2012:1375
RHSA-2012:1401
RHSA-2012:1430
USN-1572-1

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