CVE-2012-0698 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the TrouSerS daemon by sending a crafted TCP packet, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-0698?
CVE-2012-0698 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
tcsd in TrouSerS before 0.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted type_offset value in a TCP packet to port 30003.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0698?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (16)
trousers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
trousers-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:0.3.13-2.el6 |
Products include Trustedcomputinggroup Trousers.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0698?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-0698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0698, DSA-2576-1, GHSA-wwr7-75x7-5749, RHSA-2014:1507.