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high 7.8

CVE-2008-4576 json

sctp in Linux kernel before 2.6.25.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an INIT-ACK that states the peer does…

published 2008-10-15 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4556

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

sctp in Linux kernel before 2.6.25.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an INIT-ACK that states the peer does not support AUTH, which causes the sctp_process_init function to clean up active transports and triggers the OOPS when the T1-Init timer expires.

Patch / fix

  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0009RHSA-2008:1017

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-2008-4576 updated

kernel: sctp: Fix oops when INIT-ACK indicates that peer doesn't support AUTH

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0009
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:1017

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Exploit prediction

3.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
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