UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6638

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6638

    Published: 15 Feb 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6638
    Aliases:
    USN-1514-1
    USN-1529-1
    USN-1651-1

    Summary:

    Details: The tcp_rcv_state_process function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel resource consumption) via a flood of SYN+FIN TCP packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2663.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6638, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826702, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1514-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1651-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1653-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6638

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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