CVE-2012-4435 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

fwknop before 2.0.3 does not properly validate IP addresses, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a long IP address.

Published: 2012-10-22

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwknop::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwknop:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cipherdyne:fwknop:2.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4369	fwknop before 2.0.3 does not properly validate IP addresses, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a long IP address.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01218.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cipherdyne.org/blog/2012/09/software-release-fwknop-2.0.3.html
http://www.cipherdyne.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=fwknop.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=263fa01f2af1d336961df320f1c7a9ea84ddac9a
http://www.cipherdyne.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=fwknop.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f4c16bc47fc24a96b63105556b62d61c1ba7d799
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/4
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79568

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Cipherdyne Fwknop

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-10-22T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.649Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4435

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-10-22T23:55:07.070

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4435

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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