CVE-2012-3534

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3534
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-31 20:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionGNU 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.0.3 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.0.4 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.0.5 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.0.6 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.0.7 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.0.8 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.0.9 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.0 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.1 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.2 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.3 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.4 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.5 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.6 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.7 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.8 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.2.9 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.3.0 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.3.1 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.3.2 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.3.3 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.3.4 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 2.3.5 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 3.0 All All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper 3.0 beta All All
Application Gnugk Gnu Gatekeeper All beta All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: Re: information request on security bug fix in GNU Gatekeeper 3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: information request on security bug fix in GNU Gatekeeper 3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/84862 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
GNU Gatekeeper 3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gnugk.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - information request on security bug fix in GNU Gatekeeper 3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
GNU Gatekeeper CVE-2012-3534 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2016:1856-1: moderate: Security update for gnugk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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