CVE-2012-4516

MEDIUM 5.8CVE-2012-4516 · Published 22/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4516 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability affecting librdmacm (openfabrics).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
librdmacm openfabrics	`= 1.0.16`	No fix yet

Description

librdmacm 1.0.16, when ibacm.port is not specified, connects to port 6125, which allows remote attackers to specify the address resolution information for the application via a malicious ib_acm service.

References

git.openfabrics.org/git
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9
securityfocus.com/bid/55896
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi

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