CVE-2008-3526

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the sctp_setsockopt_auth_key function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc1 through 2.6.26.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted sca_keylength field associated with the SCTP_AUTH_KEY option.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.24, 2.6.24-rc2, 2.6.24-rc3, 2.6.24.1, 2.6.24.2, 2.6.24.3 (+27)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30c2235cbc477d4629983d440cdc4f496fec9246
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/9
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30847
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44723

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