CVE-2012-2192 - Antithetic Schoolroom

Description

The socketpair function in IBM AIX 5.3 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that leverages the presence of a socket on the free list.

Reference

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21131 http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/socket_advisory.asc http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV19178 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV16603 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21235 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV21128 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53567 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027126 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76032