Bug 243180 (CVE-2008-4618)

Summary:	Kernel: sctp sctp_sf_violation_paramlen(), sctp_sf_abort_violation(), sctp_make_abort_violation() DOS (CVE-2008-4618)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Stefan Behte (RETIRED) <craig>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	hardened-kernel+disabled, kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561
Whiteboard:	[linux <2.6.27]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-10-22 08:20:06 UTC

CVE-2008-4618 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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.