CVE-2012-3534 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in GNU Gatekeeper by exhausting connections and threads on the status port.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-3534?
CVE-2012-3534 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 31 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
GNU Gatekeeper before 3.1 does not limit the number of connections to the status port, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection and thread consumption) via a large number of connections.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3534?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (1)
gnugk openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 4.2-1.3 |
Products include Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3534?
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-2012-3534 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3534 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-449j-8m8x-cp6f, openSUSE-SU-2024:10142-1.