CVE-2008-2826
Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp)…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30901 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- linux-kernel-sctpgetsockopt-dos(43559) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 31107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-625-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1020514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2819 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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