{"id":"MGASA-2015-0184","summary":"Updated fcgi packages fix CVE-2012-6687","details":"Updated fcgi packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nFCGI does not perform range checks for file descriptors before use of the\nFD_SET macro.  This FD_SET macro could allow for more than 1024 total file\ndescriptors to be monitored in the closing state. This may allow remote\nattackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption, and infinite\nloop or daemon crash) by opening many socket connections to the host and\ncrashing the service (CVE-2012-6687).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:15.821464177Z","published":"2015-05-03T00:19:16Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-6687"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0184.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15808"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156731.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"fcgi","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/fcgi?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.0-15.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0184.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}