Description
net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify that the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled before proceeding with SCTP-AUTH API functions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via vectors that result in calls to (1) sctp_setsockopt_auth_chunk, (2) sctp_setsockopt_hmac_ident, (3) sctp_setsockopt_auth_key, (4) sctp_setsockopt_active_key, (5) sctp_setsockopt_del_key, (6) sctp_getsockopt_maxburst, (7) sctp_getsockopt_active_key, (8) sctp_getsockopt_peer_auth_chunks, or (9) sctp_getsockopt_local_auth_chunks.
Published: 2008-09-03
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: 3.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1636-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3778 net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify that the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled before proceeding with SCTP-AUTH API functions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via vectors that result in calls to (1) sctp_setsockopt_auth_chunk, (2) sctp_setsockopt_hmac_ident, (3) sctp_setsockopt_auth_key, (4) sctp_setsockopt_active_key, (5) sctp_setsockopt_del_key, (6) sctp_getsockopt_maxburst, (7) sctp_getsockopt_active_key, (8) sctp_getsockopt_peer_auth_chunks, or (9) sctp_getsockopt_local_auth_chunks.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-659-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Mrg
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:53:00.294Z

Reserved: 2008-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3792

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-03T14:12:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3792

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3792 - Bugzilla

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