CVE-2012-4516
librdmacm 1.0.16, when ibacm.port is not specified, connects to port 6125, which allows remote attackers to specify the address resolution information for the application via a malicious ib_acm
02 Description
librdmacm 1.0.16, when ibacm.port is not specified, connects to port 6125, which allows remote attackers to specify the address resolution information for the application via a malicious ib_acm
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
- 2.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.7% 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
- Low. 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
- 2012-10-22 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c628009015b9596cdda12e629950b830a0f18670f3ea7fe65cab33b66c6a0662
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865483
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121011 CVE Request -- librdmacm (one issue) / ibacm (two issues)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6
- git.openfabrics.orghttp://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/librdmacm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4b5c1aa734e0e734fc2ba3cd41d0ddf02170af6d
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121011 Re: CVE Request -- librdmacm (one issue) / ibacm (two issues)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9
- www.securityfocus.com55896http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55896
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- librdmacm Fixed in 1.0.16-1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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