CVE-2012-0698 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the tcsd daemon of TrouSerS versions prior to 0.3.10. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the daemon by sending a specially crafted TCP packet with a malformed type_offset value to port 30003. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-22904) confirms the existence of exploit code, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trustedcomputinggroup:trousers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trustedcomputinggroup:trousers:0.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trustedcomputinggroup:trousers:0.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trustedcomputinggroup:trousers:0.2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trustedcomputinggroup:trousers:0.2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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