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)

EPSS: 0.020 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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