CVE-2012-6687

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6687
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-19 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionFastCGI (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.

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-20 | 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 Fastcgi Fcgi 2.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request for denial-of-service vulnerability in fcgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug #933417 “Stack smashing while using a lot of connections” : Bugs : “libfcgi” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Bug 1189958 – Stack smashing while using a lot of connections af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0184 - Updated fcgi packages fix CVE-2012-6687 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - CVE request for denial-of-service vulnerability in fcgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
#681591 - libfcgi0ldbl: Stack smashing while using a lot of connections - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900259 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for fcgi 2.4.0
  • 900998 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fcgi (6418-1)
  • 903550 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fcgi (1874)

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