ibacm: DoS (ibacm deamon crash) by joining responses for multicast destinations
Published Oct 22, 2012
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.82%
Description
ibacm before 1.0.6 does not properly manage reference counts for multicast connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ibacm service crash) via a crafted join response.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.0.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ibacm-0:1.0.8-0.git7a3adb7.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ibsim-0:0.5-7.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ibutils-0:1.5.7-7.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
infiniband-diags-0:1.5.12-5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
infinipath-psm-0:3.0.1-115.1015_open.1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libibmad-0:1.3.9-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libibumad-0:1.3.8-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libibverbs-0:1.1.6-5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libmlx4-0:1.0.4-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
librdmacm-0:1.0.17-0.git4b5c1aa.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
opensm-0:3.3.15-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rdma-0:3.6-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0509
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ibacm-0:1.0.8-0.git7a3adb7.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ibsim-0:0.5-7.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ibutils-0:1.5.7-7.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | infiniband-diags-0:1.5.12-5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | infinipath-psm-0:3.0.1-115.1015_open.1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libibmad-0:1.3.9-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libibumad-0:1.3.8-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libibverbs-0:1.1.6-5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libmlx4-0:1.0.4-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | librdmacm-0:1.0.17-0.git4b5c1aa.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | opensm-0:3.3.15-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | rdma-0:3.6-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0509 |
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.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.82% (0.02821) | 86.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02768) | 84.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.35% (0.01355) | 78.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.76% (0.03761) | 92.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.76% (0.03761) | 90.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.rdma/11659 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/ibacm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7d28b35d64333c262de3ec972c426423dadccf9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0509.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55890 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4517 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865492 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79396 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4517
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4517
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.rdma/11659 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/ibacm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7d28b35d64333c262de3ec972c426423dadccf9 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0509.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55890 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4517 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865492 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79396 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4517 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4517 |
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