CVE-2012-6687

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-6687 · Published 19/02/2015 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-6687 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting fcgi (fastcgi).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.1%, higher than 93.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fcgi fastcgi	`= 2.4.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0184.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/4
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfcgi/+bug/933417
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100696

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