CVE-2010-3705
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.3 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
8.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
The sctp_auth_asoc_get_hmac function in net/sctp/auth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate the hmac_ids array of an SCTP peer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and panic) via a crafted value in the last element of this array.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128596992418814&w=2 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128596992418814&w=2Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51e97a12bef19b7e43199fc153cf9bd5f2140362
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/2Advisory