CVE-2012-3412
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-03 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- eb352f0b8231fb19c29d6c9afb2ad34ecc6df6e57ab6c5276a5718fd0b158013
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1572-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1579-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1578-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1
- secunia.com50732http://secunia.com/advisories/50732
- secunia.com50811http://secunia.com/advisories/50811
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1401http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1401.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1567-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1330http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00005.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1323http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844714
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1324http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1324.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1577-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1
- www.suse.comSUSE-SU-2012:1679https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1568-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1575-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1347http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1347.html
- secunia.com51193http://secunia.com/advisories/51193
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1430http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1430.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1375http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1375.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120803 Remote DoS in Linux sfc driver through TCP MSS option (CVE-2012-3412)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/4
- secunia.com50633http://secunia.com/advisories/50633
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1580-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.2.29-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.2.29-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.2.29-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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