CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-4565

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2012-12-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-12-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-189

Description

The tcp_illinois_info function in net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) by reading TCP stats.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.4.18) • linux linux kernel 3.4.1 • linux linux kernel 3.4.2 • linux linux kernel 3.4.3 • linux linux kernel 3.4.4 • linux linux kernel 3.4.5 • linux linux kernel 3.4.6 • linux linux kernel 3.4.7 • linux linux kernel 3.4.8 • linux linux kernel 3.4.9 • linux linux kernel 3.4.10 • linux linux kernel 3.4.11 • linux linux kernel 3.4.12 • linux linux kernel 3.4.13 • linux linux kernel 3.4.14 • linux linux kernel 3.4.15 • linux linux kernel 3.4.16 • linux linux kernel 3.4.17

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References