CVE-2018-5803

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-06-12
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the _sctp_make_chunk() function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.22.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2018-1854	2018-06-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4161	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.22.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2018-3083	2018-11-05
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4161	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2018-0237	2018-07-10
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2018-0236	2018-07-10