CVE-2008-4445
The sctp_auth_ep_set_hmacs function in net/sctp/auth.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled, does not verify that the identifier index is within the bounds established by SCTP_AUTH_HMAC_ID_MAX, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted SCTP_HMAC_IDENT IOCTL request involving the sctp_getsockopt function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4113.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4426)
- Published
- October 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4426 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d97240552cd98c4b07322f30f66fd9c3ba4171de
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-sctp&m=121986743009093&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-sctp&m=121986743209110&w=2(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/27/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/29/4
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021001
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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