CVE-2012-4516

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

librdmacm 1.0.16, when ibacm.port is not specified, connects to port 6125, which allows remote attackers to specify the address resolution information for the application via a malicious ib_acm service.

Affected products

Openfabrics Librdmacm: 1.0.16

References

http://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/librdmacm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4b5c1aa734e0e734fc2ba3cd41d0ddf02170af6d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55896
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865483
http://git.openfabrics.org/git?p=~shefty/librdmacm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4b5c1aa734e0e734fc2ba3cd41d0ddf02170af6d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55896
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865483

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