4.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-2826

Published: 02/07/2008 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 437
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel

opensuse opensuse 11.0

opensuse opensuse 10.3

debian debian linux 4.0

canonical ubuntu linux 7.04

canonical ubuntu linux 7.10

canonical ubuntu linux 8.04

canonical ubuntu linux 6.06

Vendor Advisories

Dirk Nehring discovered that the IPsec protocol stack did not correctly handle fragmented ESP packets A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2007-6282) ...
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-6282 Dirk Nehring discovered a vulnerability in the IPsec code that allows remote users to cause a denial of service ...