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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.

Published

2008-09-03T14:12:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.26.3	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html ([email protected])
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/23/49 ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121928747903176&w=2 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4210 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/6 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/8 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/6 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496256/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020854 ([email protected])
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45189 ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/23/49 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121928747903176&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4210 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496256/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020854 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45189 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)