CVE-2012-3549 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The SCTP implementation in FreeBSD 8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ASCONF chunk.

Published: 2012-10-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 12.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12208.

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686962
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20226
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/28/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54797

History

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Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-10-09T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:38:02.295Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3549

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-09T23:55:04.720

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3549

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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