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CVE-2012-3291

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenConnect 3.18 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service via a crafted greeting

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenConnect 3.18 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service via a crafted greeting banner.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.0115
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
infradead openconnect<= 3.17
infradead openconnectall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD07 Jun 2012 · 08:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10553-1
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/openconnect.git/commitdiff/14cae65318d3ef1f7d449e463b72b6934e82f1c2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079747.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00186.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2495
http://www.infradead.org/openconnect/changelog.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17242
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