Vulnerability CVE-2008-2826
Published: 2008-07-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Kernel -> Linux 

 References:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43559
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020514
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29990
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
http://secunia.com/advisories/31202
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
http://secunia.com/advisories/30901
http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
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