trousers: DoS vulnerability in tcsd
Published Nov 26, 2012
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.51%
Description
tcsd in TrouSerS before 0.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted type_offset value in a TCP packet to port 30003.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.3.9
- 0.2.8
- 0.2.9
- 0.2.9.1
- 0.2.9.2
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.3.5
- 0.3.6
- 0.3.7
- 0.3.8
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
trousers-0:0.3.13-2.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1507
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
trousers
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | trousers-0:0.3.13-2.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1507 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | trousers | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. Trousers is only useful on systems with TPM hardware, additionally local access is required to exploit of this issue. Exploitation of this issue only results in a crash of the tcsd daemon which can be restarted. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.51% (0.10509) | 95.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.51% (0.10509) | 95.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 18.87% (0.18868) | 94.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 27.02% (0.27022) | 95.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 32.36% (0.32361) | 95.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 27.02% (0.27022) | 95.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 19.42% (0.19424) | 96.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 14.52% (0.14519) | 95.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 15.07% (0.15072) | 95.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 20, 2024 | 15.64% (0.15636) | 95.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 21, 2023 | 18.19% (0.18189) | 95.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 16.99% (0.16990) | 95.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2023 | 14.86% (0.14861) | 95.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 16.52% (0.16521) | 95.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 10, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Nov 9, 2022 | 12.96% (0.12955) | 95.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Aug 7, 2022 | 13.61% (0.13605) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 14.49% (0.14493) | 95.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 15.65% (0.15648) | 95.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 15.65% (0.15648) | 92.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692649 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/118281/TrouSerS-Denial-Of-Service.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51295 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3473554&group_id=126012&atid=704358 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://trousers.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=trousers/trousers%3Ba=commit%3Bh=50dd06a6f639b76b3bb629606ef71b2dc5407601 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://trousers.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=trousers/trousers%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ae0c2f8c1fd7a96ba0191f83b6057f8cbc51e786 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2576 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22904/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0698 Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0698_denial_of x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781648 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80226 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0698
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0698
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