| Name | CVE-2012-6687 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-430-1, DLA-431-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 681591, 815840 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libfcgi (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 2.4.2-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.4.2-2.1 | fixed |
| libfcgi-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 0.79+ds-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.82+ds-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.82+ds-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - libfcgi-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/4