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Bug 237475 (CVE-2008-3792)

Summary: Linux <2.6.26.4 sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API (CVE-2008-3792)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) <rbu>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4
Whiteboard: [linux <2.6.25.17] [linux >=2.6.26 <2.6.26.4]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-09-12 13:37:17 UTC
CVE-2008-3792 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3792):
  net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp)
  implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 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
  (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.
Comment 1 kfm 2009-07-20 22:11:24 UTC
Corrected Status Whiteboard. hardened-kernel unaffected at present time. Removing alias.

PS: genpatches-2.6.25-11 included 2.6.25.17. genpatches-2.6.26-3 included 2.6.26.4.