Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-3792
net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify that the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled before proceeding with SCTP-AUTH API functions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via vectors that result in calls to (1) sctp_setsockopt_auth_chunk, (2) sctp_setsockopt_hmac_ident, (3) sctp_setsockopt_auth_key, (4) sctp_setsockopt_active_key, (5) sctp_setsockopt_del_key, (6) sctp_getsockopt_maxburst, (7) sctp_getsockopt_active_key, (8) sctp_getsockopt_peer_auth_chunks, or (9) sctp_getsockopt_local_auth_chunks.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.26.3
References
- www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt
- secunia.com/advisories/32190 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32393 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/8 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/6 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/31881 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45189 (vdb-entry)