CVE-2014-3673

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3673
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-10 11:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0812-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0529-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3087 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2418-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
net: sctp: fix skb_over_panic when receiving malformed ASCONF chunks · torvalds/linux@9de7922 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3089 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2014-3673 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3060-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3088 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
'[security bulletin] HPSBGN03282 rev.1 - HP Business Service Manager Virtual Appliance, Multiple Vuln' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0566-1: important: kernel update fo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2417-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1147850 – CVE-2014-3673 kernel: sctp: skb_over_panic when receiving malformed ASCONF chunks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBGN03285 rev.1 - HP Business Service Manager Virtual Appliance, Multiple Vul' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-3673 MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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