CVE-2008-3792
net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify that the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled before proceeding with SCTP-AUTH API functions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via vectors that result in calls to (1) sctp_setsockopt_auth_chunk, (2) sctp_setsockopt_hmac_ident, (3) sctp_setsockopt_auth_key, (4) sctp_setsockopt_active_key, (5) sctp_setsockopt_del_key, (6) sctp_getsockopt_maxburst, (7) sctp_getsockopt_active_key, (8) sctp_getsockopt_peer_auth_chunks, or (9) sctp_getsockopt_local_auth_chunks.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3778)
- Published
- September 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3778 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/23/49
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121928747903176&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31881(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32190(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4210(Exploit)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636(Patch)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496256/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020854
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45189
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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