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CVE-2012-0698 json

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…

published 2012-11-26 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0730

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.5%
EPSS 10.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • trousers Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0698

  • trousers RHEL 6 0.3.13-2.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1507

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-0698 updated cvss 2.1

trousers: DoS vulnerability in tcsd

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 trousers
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) trousers 0.3.13-2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) trousers-devel 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-static 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-debuginfo 0.3.13-2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) trousers 0.3.13-2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) trousers-devel 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-static 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-debuginfo 0.3.13-2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) trousers 0.3.13-2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) trousers-devel 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-static 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-debuginfo 0.3.13-2.el6
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) trousers 0.3.13-2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) trousers-devel 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-static 0.3.13-2.el6, trousers-debuginfo 0.3.13-2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1507

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22904)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22904 TrouSerS - Denial of Service dos, 2012-11-23

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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