CVE-2013-4350

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-09-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The IPv6 SCTP implementation in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 uses data structures and function calls that do not trigger an intended configuration of IPsec encryption, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.11.1; 3.0-rc1, 3.0-rc2, 3.0-rc3, 3.0-rc4, 3.0-rc5, 3.0-rc6 (+249)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=95ee62083cb6453e056562d91f597552021e6ae7
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1490.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/13/3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2019-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2021-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2022-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2024-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2038-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2039-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2041-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2045-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2049-1

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