net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify…

Description

net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify that the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled before proceeding with SCTP-AUTH API functions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via vectors that result in calls to (1) sctp_setsockopt_auth_chunk, (2) sctp_setsockopt_hmac_ident, (3) sctp_setsockopt_auth_key, (4) sctp_setsockopt_active_key, (5) sctp_setsockopt_del_key, (6) sctp_getsockopt_maxburst, (7) sctp_getsockopt_active_key, (8) sctp_getsockopt_peer_auth_chunks, or (9) sctp_getsockopt_local_auth_chunks.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.7% · top 14% 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

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 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
• 31121 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080826 Re: CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080826 Re: CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 31881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-659-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• linux-kernel-sctpauthapi-dos(45189) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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] 20080825 CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20080823 [GIT]: Networking (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1020854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 4210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 20080911 [TKADV2008-007] Linux Kernel SCTP-AUTH API Information Disclosure Vulnerability and NULL Pointer Dereferences (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• [linux-netdev] 20080821 [PATCH] sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080926 Re: CVE-2008-4113 update: kernel: sctp: fix random memory dereference with SCTP_HMAC_IDENT option (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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, 09:53 UTC.