Integer overflow in the dccp_setsockopt_change function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem…

Description

Integer overflow in the dccp_setsockopt_change function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc1 through 2.6.26.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted integer value, related to Change L and Change R options without at least one byte in the dccpsf_val field.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• 32485 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459226 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 32190 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080815 CVE-2008-3276 Linux kernel dccp_setsockopt_change() integer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 32393 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 32237 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0957 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 31509 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-659-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2406 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0857 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1653 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1020705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e8a0a559c66ee9e7468195691a56fefc3589740 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:28 UTC.