CVE-2008-3276

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the dccp_setsockopt_change function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc1 through 2.6.26.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted integer value, related to Change L and Change R options without at least one byte in the dccpsf_val field.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.17, 2.6.17.1, 2.6.17.2, 2.6.17.3, 2.6.17.4, 2.6.17.5 (+120)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e8a0a559c66ee9e7468195691a56fefc3589740
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31509
http://secunia.com/advisories/31836
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190
http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

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