Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-4618

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.
Published 2008-10-21 00:10:54
Updated 2012-03-19 04:00:00
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2008-4618

Threat overview for CVE-2008-4618

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2008-4618
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 52869
IPs affected by CVE-2008-4618 199,401
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4618

EPSS FAQ
0.21%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 58 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-4618

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.8
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
10.0
6.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-4618

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-4618

  • Red Hat 2009-01-22
    The versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5 were not affected by this issue. This issue only affected the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise MRG and was addressed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html

References for CVE-2008-4618

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