The sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.8, when SCTP authentication is enabled, allows…

Description

The sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.8, when SCTP authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by starting to establish an association between two endpoints immediately after an exchange of INIT and INIT ACK chunks to establish an earlier association between these endpoints in the opposite direction.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.8% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (4 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
• CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• 60545 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 62563 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:1316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1be9a950c646c9092fb3618197f7b6bfb50e82aa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2335-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2334-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 60430 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:1319 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 60564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140725 Re: CVE request Linux Kernel: net: SCTP: NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-2359-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1763 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 59777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1668 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• linux-kernel-cve20145077-dos(95134) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1030681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-2358-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122982 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1be9a950c646c9092fb3618197f7b6bfb50e82aa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 60744 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 68881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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 6 Aug 2024, 11:34 UTC.