Linux Kernel 3.7/3.7.1/3.7.2/3.7.3/3.7.4 Reliable Datagram Sockets denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel 3.7/3.7.1/3.7.2/3.7.3/3.7.4 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component Reliable Datagram Sockets. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface s own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping.

The weakness was released 06/18/2012 by Li Honggang as 822754 as confirmed advisory (Red Hat Security Advisory). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2372 since 04/19/2012. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71245 (VMSA-2013-0015 : VMware ESX updates to third-party libraries), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family VMware ESX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166783 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:0287-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at rhn.redhat.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76410) and Tenable (71245). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 5386, 5582, 5583 and 5656.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 71245
Nessus Name: VMSA-2013-0015 : VMware ESX updates to third-party libraries
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OpenVAS ID: 881125
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0743 centos6
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Patch: rhn.redhat.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: 822754
Researcher: Li Honggang
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2372 (🔍)
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X-Force: 76410
Vulnerability Center: 35517 - The RDS Implementation in Linux Kernel 2.0-2.6.39-rc6 and 3.0-3.3.5 Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 54062 - Linux Kernel Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) CVE-2012-2372 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 49625 - Red Hat update for kernel, Less Critical
OSVDB: 83056

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2012 15:29
Updated: 03/25/2021 17:19
Changes: 06/22/2012 15:29 (73), 04/19/2017 10:29 (14), 03/25/2021 17:19 (2)
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