CVE-2011-1573
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD
net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when addip_enable and auth_enable are used, does not consider the amount of zero padding during calculation of chunk lengths for (1) INIT and (2) INIT ACK chunks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted packet data.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.9 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-682
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1574)
- Published
- February 2, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1574 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 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=a8170c35e738d62e9919ce5b109cf4ed66e95bde
- http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34(Broken Link)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/12(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695383(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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