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high 7.1

CVE-2008-3792 json

net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify tha…

published 2008-09-03 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3778

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 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 (NULL pointer dereference and 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.

Patch / fix

  • 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
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt

red hat advisories RHSA-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-2008-3792 updated

kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API

  • 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 CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityreason.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4210 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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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