CVE-2010-0008

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The sctp_rcv_ootb function in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an Out Of The Blue (OOTB) chunk or (2) a chunk of zero length.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.22.19; 2.6, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.10, 2.6.11 (+192)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ece25dfa0991f65c4e1d26beb1c3c45bda4239b8
http://secunia.com/advisories/39295
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/17/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0342.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555658
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11160
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html

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