CVE-2008-4576

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-10-15
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

sctp in Linux kernel before 2.6.25.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an INIT-ACK that states the peer does not support AUTH, which causes the sctp_process_init function to clean up active transports and triggers the OOPS when the T1-Init timer expires.

See more information about CVE-2008-4576 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.22.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.18-92.1.22.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.22.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17