Vulnerability CVE-2019-8956
Published: 2019-04-01

Description:
In the Linux Kernel before versions 4.20.8 and 4.19.21 a use-after-free error in the "sctp_sendmsg()" function (net/sctp/socket.c) when handling SCTP_SENDALL flag can be exploited to corrupt memory.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.21
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.8
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ba59fb0273076637f0add4311faa990a5eec27c0
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2019-5/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12671141
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
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