CVE-2012-6657

2014-09-2800:00:00

ubuntu.com

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

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

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.0%

JSON

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

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1370016>

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

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.32-49.111	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux	< 3.2.0-33.52	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-armadaxp	< 3.2.0-1610.15	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-ec2	< 2.6.32-354.67	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-ti-omap4	< 3.2.0-1421.28	UNKNOWN