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TI-2012-03062 Aliases CVE-2012-3534GHSA-449j-8m8x-cp6f

GNU Gatekeeper before 3.1 does not limit the number of connections to the status port…

Priority LOW 29CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03871 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 28

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.2VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.1VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.3VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.4VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.5VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.6VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.7VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.8VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.9VulnerableGnugk
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.1 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.3 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.5 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.6 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.7 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.8 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.9 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
Show 18 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.0VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.1VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.2VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.3VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.4VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.5VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.6VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.7VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.8VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.9VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.0VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.1VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.2VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.3VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.4VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.5VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableGnugk
cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:3.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0 betaVulnerableGnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.0 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.1 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.2 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.3 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.4 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.5 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.6 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.7 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.8 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.9 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.0 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.1 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.2 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.3 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.4 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.5 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Gnugk
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnugk:gnu_gatekeeper:3.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 beta Vulnerable ·Gnugk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-3534
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-449j-8m8x-cp6f
  3. 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile

References

Advisory 5

Other 1

Sources

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