CVE-2008-3792

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45189

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020854

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496256/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/1

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636

http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

http://secunia.com/advisories/32190

http://secunia.com/advisories/31881

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121928747903176&w=2

http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/23/49

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-03

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High