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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2008-3276 json

Integer overflow in the dccp_setsockopt_change function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in…

published 2008-08-18 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3264

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the dccp_setsockopt_change function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc1 through 2.6.26.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted integer value, related to Change L and Change R options without at least one byte in the dccpsf_val field.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0957RHSA-2008:0857

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-3276 updated

Linux kernel dccp_setsockopt_change() integer overflow

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0857
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0957

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Exploit prediction

3.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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