CVE-2014-5077
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1 · CWE-476
7.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
The sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.8, when SCTP authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by starting to establish an association between two endpoints immediately after an exchange of INIT and INIT ACK chunks to establish an earlier association between these endpoints in the opposite direction.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1be9a950c646c9092fb3618197f7b6bfb50e82aaAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1668.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1763.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59777Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60430Advisory