The sctp_packet_config function in net/sctp/output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.6 performs extraneous initializations of packet…

Description

The sctp_packet_config function in net/sctp/output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.6 performs extraneous initializations of packet data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a certain sequence of SCTP traffic.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.5% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (5 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-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• 42789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 42778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100924 CVE Request -- Linux/SCTP DoS in sctp_packet_config() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3113 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 43480 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100925 Re: CVE Request -- Linux/SCTP DoS in sctp_packet_config() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637675 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [netdev] 20100915 [PATCH] net: SCTP remote/local Denial of Service vulnerability description and fix (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=4bdab43323b459900578b200a4b8cf9713ac8fab (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42400 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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, 03:11 UTC.