MEDIUM
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
Published Aug 31, 2012
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.87%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 3.1
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7
- 2.2.8
- 2.2.9
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 3.0
- 3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.87% 0.03871
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03871
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.87% (0.03871) | 89.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.80% (0.03797) | 88.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01691) | 80.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.25% (0.03248) | 78.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01691) | 80.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.03% (0.02031) | 89.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.03% (0.02031) | 87.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00070.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50343 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- http://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/84862 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55198 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77975 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00070.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50343 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/84862 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55198 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77975 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Aug 31, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 14, 2012
Link CVE-2012-3534
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a