Vulnerability CVE-2010-3432

Vulnerability CVE-2010-3432

Published: 2010-11-22 Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:

The sctp_packet_config function in net/sctp/output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.6 performs extraneous initializations of packet data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a certain sequence of SCTP traffic.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
High	Linux Kernel \'sctp_outq_flush()\' Denial of Service Vulnerability	Thomas Dreibholz...	25.11.2010

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10	6.9/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
None	None	Complete

Affected software
Linux -> Kernel
Linux -> Linux kernel

References:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4bdab43323b459900578b200a4b8cf9713ac8fab

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128453869227715&w=3

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128534569803598&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128537701808336&w=2

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.6

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0936.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43480

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3113

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637675

Vulnerability CVE-2010-3432

The sctp_packet_config function in net/sctp/output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.6 performs extraneous initializations of packet data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a certain sequence of SCTP traffic.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

High

Linux Kernel \'sctp_outq_flush()\' Denial of Service Vulnerability

CWE-Other

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

7.8/10

6.9/10

10/10

Remote

Low

No required

None

None

Complete

Affected software

References: