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CVE-2012-3412 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1324.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1347.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1375.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1401.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1430.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/50633 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/50732 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/50811 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/51193 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844714 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3412
NVD Published Date:
10/03/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.