CVE-2014-4667

Description

The 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.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113967

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68224

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/27/11

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992

http://secunia.com/advisories/60596

http://secunia.com/advisories/60564

http://secunia.com/advisories/59790

http://secunia.com/advisories/59777

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3069.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3068.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3