CVE-2012-4565
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4565
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-4565.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-4565
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2012-12-21T11:47:36Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The tcpillinoisinfo function in net/ipv4/tcpillinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcpcongestion_control illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) by reading TCP stats.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1580.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51409
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1644-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1645-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1646-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1647-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1648-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1649-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1650-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1651-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1652-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f363b77ee4fbf7c3bbcf5ec2c5ca482d396d664
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871848
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8f363b77ee4fbf7c3bbcf5ec2c5ca482d396d664
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091110.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56346