Buffer overflow in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before…

Description

Buffer overflow in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-git8 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an FWD-TSN (aka FORWARD-TSN) chunk with a large stream ID.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

16.7% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (36)

• 35390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• HPSBNS02449 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/15024/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 33113 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 35174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1749 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 33674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fcb95a105758b81ef0131cd18e2db5149f13e95 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-751-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 36191 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478800 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0264 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 33858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 34394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 33854 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-0816 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090105 CVE request: kernel: sctp: memory overflow when FWD-TSN chunk is received with bad stream ID (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 1022698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 34680 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35394 (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, 04:24 UTC.