01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-20 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 64c72f49fbdbd9cd5f7b23a8815ee61af61ac85af3cb597164e38f51bbd911c0
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com32998http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0009http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:053http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
- secunia.com33586http://secunia.com/advisories/33586
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081006 CVE request: kernel: sctp: Fix kernel panic while process protocol violation parameterhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/06/1
- secunia.com32918http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-679-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
- www.securityfocus.com31848http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31848
- www.debian.orgDSA-1681http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681