CVE-2010-3432

high

Description

The sctp_packet_config function in net/sctp/output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.6 performs extraneous initializations of packet data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a certain sequence of SCTP traffic.

References

Advisories
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637675

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3113

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43480

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0936.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

http://secunia.com/advisories/42789

http://secunia.com/advisories/42778

http://secunia.com/advisories/42400

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128537701808336&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128534569803598&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128453869227715&w=3

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4bdab43323b459900578b200a4b8cf9713ac8fab

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-11-22

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04322