CVE-2010-0008

Description

The sctp_rcv_ootb function in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an Out Of The Blue (OOTB) chunk or (2) a chunk of zero length.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ece25dfa0991f65c4e1d26beb1c3c45bda4239b8

http://secunia.com/advisories/39295

http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/17/2

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0342.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555658

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11160

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0