CVE-2012-6687

NameCVE-2012-6687
DescriptionFastCGI (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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-430-1, DLA-431-1
Debian Bugs681591, 815840

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libfcgi (PTS)buster2.4.0-10fixed
trixie, bookworm, bullseye2.4.2-2fixed
sid2.4.2-2.1fixed
libfcgi-perl (PTS)buster0.78-2fixed
bullseye0.79+ds-2fixed
trixie, bookworm0.82+ds-2fixed
sid0.82+ds-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libfcgisourcesqueeze2.4.0-8+deb6u1DLA-430-1
libfcgisourcewheezy2.4.0-8.1+deb7u1
libfcgisource(unstable)2.4.0-8.3681591
libfcgi-perlsourcesqueeze0.71-1+squeeze1+deb6u1DLA-431-1
libfcgi-perlsourcejessie0.77-1+deb8u1
libfcgi-perlsource(unstable)0.78-2815840

Notes

[wheezy] - libfcgi-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/4

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