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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-6687
FastCGI (aka fcgi and libfcgi) 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to...
Vulnerability Description
FastCGI (aka fcgi and libfcgi) 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a large number of connections.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189958
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfcgi/+bug/933417
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0184.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/4
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100696
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681591
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/4
Affected Vendor
fastcgi
View all reports →Affected Software
fcgi
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 19th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.