CVE-2008-4445

high

Description

The sctp_auth_ep_set_hmacs function in net/sctp/auth.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled, does not verify that the identifier index is within the bounds established by SCTP_AUTH_HMAC_ID_MAX, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted SCTP_HMAC_IDENT IOCTL request involving the sctp_getsockopt function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4113.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-4426

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

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021001

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/29/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/27/1

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/9

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223

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

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655

http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

http://secunia.com/advisories/32315

http://secunia.com/advisories/32190

http://marc.info/?l=linux-sctp&m=121986743209110&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=linux-sctp&m=121986743009093&w=2

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

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d97240552cd98c4b07322f30f66fd9c3ba4171de

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00448