CVE-2012-4517

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4517
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-22 23:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionibacm before 1.0.6 does not properly manage reference counts for multicast connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ibacm service crash) via a crafted join response.

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-399 | 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 Openfabrics Ibacm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
865492 – (CVE-2012-4517) CVE-2012-4517 ibacm: DoS (ibacm deamon crash) by joining responses for multicast destinations af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
ibacm Denial of Service And Insecure File Permissions Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
git.openfabrics.org Git - ~shefty/ibacm.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.openfabrics.org
oss-security - CVE Request -- librdmacm (one issue) / ibacm (two issues) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
comments.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 comments.gmane.org Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- librdmacm (one issue) / ibacm (two issues) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
git.openfabrics.org Git - ~shefty/ibacm.git/commit MITRE git.openfabrics.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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