Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23986Denial Of Service (DoS)
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the sctp_rcv_ootb() function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted SCTP packet to a target system, resulting in a denial of service.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ece25dfa0991f65c4e1d26beb1c3c45bda4239b8
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ece25dfa0991f65c4e1d26beb1c3c45bda4239b8
secunia.com/advisories/39295
secunia.com/advisories/43315
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/17/2
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0342.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0146
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0147
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0148
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0149
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0172
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0342
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0008
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555658
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11160
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
Related
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C