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CVE-2012-3534

high

Description

GNU 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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55198

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/3

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00070.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77975

http://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/50343

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-31

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01691