Vulnerability CVE-2012-3534
Published: 2012-08-31   Modified: 2012-09-01

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Opensuse -> LEAP 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> LEAP 
Novell -> Opensuse 
Gnugk -> Gnu gatekeeper 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00070.html
http://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55198
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77975
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