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CVE-2008-2826
medium
Description
Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43559
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020514
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29990
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
http://secunia.com/advisories/31202
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
http://secunia.com/advisories/30901
http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html