CVE-2014-4667

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4667
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-03 04:22:16 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel 'sctp_association_free()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[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 Advisory SA60596 - Oracle Linux update for kernel-uek - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2334-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1319-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: sctp: sk_ack_backlog wrap-around problem af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3069 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60564 - Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
sctp: Fix sk_ack_backlog wrap-around problem · torvalds/linux@d3217b1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA59777 - Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1316-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2992-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3068 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1113967 – CVE-2014-4667 kernel: sctp: sk_ack_backlog wrap-around problem af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-2335-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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