CVE-2012-0806

N/A Unknown

Published: January 27, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in Bip 0.8.8 and earlier might allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a series of TCP connections that triggers use of many open file descriptors.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657217

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072752.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072767.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/10

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/24/4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/47679

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:063

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://projects.duckcorp.org/issues/269

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

https://projects.duckcorp.org/projects/bip/repository/revisions/222a33cb84a2e52ad55a88900b7895bf9dd0262c

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657217