NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel
CVE-2014-5077
The sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.8, when SCTP authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by starting to establish an association between two endpoints immediately after an exchange of INIT and INIT ACK chunks to establish an earlier association between these endpoints in the opposite direction.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.058 (93.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 6.2, 6.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 6.5
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/60545 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62563 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60430 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60564 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)