CVE-2008-3792

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3792
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-03 14:12:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionnet/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.26.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LKML: David Miller: [GIT]: Networking af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1636-1 linux-2.6.24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2008-4113 update: kernel: sctp: fix random memory dereference with SCTP_HMAC_IDENT option af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Linux Kernel SCTP-AUTH API Bugs Let Local Users Obtain Information and Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Linux Kernel 'SCTP' Module Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
'[PATCH] sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trapkit.de
Ubuntu update for linux - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian update for linux-2.6.24 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-659-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityReason - sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-15Tomas HogerThis issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise MRG for RHEL-5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html

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