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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-4565

Created:

November 6, 2012

Updated:

February 28, 2013

Description:

From the Red Hat bugzilla:

Reading TCP stats when using TCP Illinois congestion control algorithm can cause a divide by zero kernel oops.

An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Alerts:

Fedora	FEDORA-2012-17462	2012-11-06
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-17479	2012-11-06
Ubuntu	USN-1650-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1651-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1652-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1648-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1649-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1644-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1645-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1646-1	2012-11-30
Ubuntu	USN-1647-1	2012-11-30
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:1491-01	2012-12-04
Ubuntu	USN-1653-1	2012-12-04
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:1580-01	2012-12-18
CentOS	CESA-2012:1580	2012-12-19
Scientific Linux	SL-kern-20121219	2012-12-19
Oracle	ELSA-2012-1580	2012-12-19
Oracle	ELSA-2012-2047	2012-12-20
Oracle	ELSA-2012-2047	2012-12-20
Oracle	ELSA-2012-2048	2012-12-20
Oracle	ELSA-2012-2048	2012-12-20
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0010	2013-01-18
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0009	2013-01-18
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0011	2013-01-18
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0012	2013-01-18
Ubuntu	USN-1704-1	2013-01-22
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0016	2013-01-24
Ubuntu	USN-1704-2	2013-02-01
Oracle	ELSA-2013-0496	2013-02-28
Oracle	ELSA-2013-2507	2013-02-28

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