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CVE-2012-4444

Date: December 21, 2012

The ip6_frag_queue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 allows remote attackers to bypass intended network restrictions via overlapping IPv6 fragments.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4444

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00000.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70789d7052239992824628db8133de08dc78e593

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/2

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4444

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70789d7052239992824628db8133de08dc78e593

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-4444

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1661-1

Url: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1660-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1580.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874835

Url: https://media.blackhat.com/bh-eu-12/Atlasis/bh-eu-12-Atlasis-Attacking_IPv6-WP.pdf

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4444

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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