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CVE-2008-3526
Integer overflow in the sctp_setsockopt_auth_key function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp)…
High7.8EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Integer overflow in the sctp_setsockopt_auth_key function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc1 through 2.6.26.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted sca_keylength field associated with the SCTP_AUTH_KEY option.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- 32190 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- 31881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-659-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0857 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080826 CVE-2008-3526 Linux kernel sctp_setsockopt_auth_key() integer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30c2235cbc477d4629983d440cdc4f496fec9246 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- linux-kernel-sctpsetsockoptauthkey-dos(44723) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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