sctp in Linux kernel before 2.6.25.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an INIT-ACK that states the peer…

Description

sctp in Linux kernel before 2.6.25.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an INIT-ACK that states the peer does not support AUTH, which causes the sctp_process_init function to clean up active transports and triggers the OOPS when the T1-Init timer expires.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (25)

• 32998 (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
• [oss-security] 20081008 CVE request: kernel: sctp: Fix oops when INIT-ACK indicates that peer doesn't support AUTH (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8929 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 31634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 33586 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1687 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9822 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 32918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-679-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• linux-kernel-sctp-initack-dos(45773) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 32759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.18 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20081006 [patch 58/71] sctp: Fix oops when INIT-ACK indicates that peer doesnt support AUTH (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 32370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.27-rc6-git6.log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8980 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-1681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 33182 (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, 10:24 UTC.