CVE-2008-4618

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.26.5; 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1, 2.4.36.2, 2.4.36.3, 2.4.36.4 (+89)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/06/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31848
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561

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