Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-3526
Integer overflow in the sctp_setsockopt_auth_key function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc1 through 2.6.26.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted sca_keylength field associated with the SCTP_AUTH_KEY option.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.24, 2.6.24.1, 2.6.24.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32190 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32393 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31881 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/9 (mailing-list)
- git.kernel.org/