CVE-2012-6704

SUSE Security Advisory - SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUF or (2) SO_RCVBUF option.

La función sock_setsockopt en net/core/sock.c en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a 3.5 no maneja adecuadamente valores negativos de sk_sndbuf y sk_rcvbuf, lo que permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria y caída del sistema) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado aprovechando la capacidad CAP_NET_ADMIN para una llamada al sistema setsockopt manipulada con la opción (1) SO_SNDBUF o (2) SO_RCVBUF.

An update that solves 46 vulnerabilities and has 31 fixes is now available. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-12-02 CVE Reserved
2016-12-28 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/1	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95135	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402024	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=82981930125abfd39d7c8378a9cfdf5e1be2002b	2023-01-17
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82981930125abfd39d7c8378a9cfdf5e1be2002b	2023-01-17

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 3.2.85 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 3.2.85"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 3.3 < 3.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.3 < 3.5"		-		Affected