CVE-2008-2826
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%
Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.
Affected configurations
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
lwn.net/Articles/287350/
secunia.com/advisories/30901
secunia.com/advisories/31107
secunia.com/advisories/31202
secunia.com/advisories/31551
secunia.com/advisories/31628
secunia.com/advisories/32370
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29990
www.securitytracker.com/id?1020514
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43559
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%