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CVE-2008-4618

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-4618 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from linux organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2008-10-21T00:10:53.977

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	≤ 2.6.26.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.2.27	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.4.36	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.4.36.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.4.36.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.4.36.3	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.4.36.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.4.36.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.4.36.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.19.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.19.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.19.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.19.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.20.16	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.20.17	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.20.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.20.19	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.20.20	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.20.21	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.21.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.21.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.21.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.9	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.12	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.13	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.14	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.15	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.17	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.19	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.20	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.21	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22.22	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22_rc1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.22_rc7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.9	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.12	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.13	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.15	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.16	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23.17	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.23_rc1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24.3	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24_rc1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24_rc4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.24_rc5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.3	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.3	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.9	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.9	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.12	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.12	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.13	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.14	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.15	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.16	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.25.17	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.26	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.26	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.26.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.26.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.26.3	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.26.4	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/06/1 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31848 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/06/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31848 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For linux's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.