Description
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.
Published: 2008-10-20
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1681-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4598 The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-679-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Mrg
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:24:21.123Z

Reserved: 2008-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4618

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-21T00:10:53.977

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

Link: CVE-2008-4618

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4618 - Bugzilla

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