CVE-2012-6687 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the FastCGI library by establishing a large number of connections, leading to a crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-6687?
CVE-2012-6687 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
FastCGI (aka fcgi and libfcgi) 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a large number of connections.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6687?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fastcgi Fcgi.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6687?
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-2012-6687 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6687 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as AZL-34685, AZL-6418, DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6687, DLA-430-1, DLA-431-1, GHSA-v5rv-9c87-6gww and 3 more.