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CVE-2010-0008
The sctp_rcv_ootb function in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
High7.8EPSS 4.5%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
The sctp_rcv_ootb function in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an Out Of The Blue (OOTB) chunk or (2) a chunk of zero length.
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)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (6 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 39295 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100317 CVE-2010-0008 kernel: sctp remote denial of service (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=ece25dfa0991f65c4e1d26beb1c3c45bda4239b8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11160 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555658 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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