CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-4667

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2014-07-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-07-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 3.15.2) • suse linux enterprise desktop 11 • suse linux enterprise real time extension 11 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • suse linux enterprise server 11 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • debian debian linux 7.0

References