Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-3705
The sctp_auth_asoc_get_hmac function in net/sctp/auth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate the hmac_ids array of an SCTP peer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and panic) via a crafted value in the last element of this array.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.10, 6.06, 10.04
- Debian Linux — versions 5.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 13
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/7 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (Broken Link)