CVE-2008-3792
net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4 does not verify…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 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 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32190 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32393 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 31121 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080826 Re: CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080826 Re: CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-659-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- linux-kernel-sctpauthapi-dos(45189) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0857 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080825 CVE request: kernel: sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20080823 [GIT]: Networking (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1020854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 4210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080911 [TKADV2008-007] Linux Kernel SCTP-AUTH API Information Disclosure Vulnerability and NULL Pointer Dereferences (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [linux-netdev] 20080821 [PATCH] sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080926 Re: CVE-2008-4113 update: kernel: sctp: fix random memory dereference with SCTP_HMAC_IDENT option (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2008-3778 (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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