CVE-2012-3534 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00070.html http://secunia.com/advisories/50343 http://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/1 http://www.osvdb.org/84862 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55198 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77975