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CVE-2008-3792 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html	CVE
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/23/49	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121928747903176&w=2	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4210	CVE	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45189	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636	CVE	Patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/1	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/6	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/8	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/6	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496256/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020854	CVE
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html	[email protected]
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/23/49	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121928747903176&w=2	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4210	[email protected]	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45189	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/1	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/6	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/8	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/6	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496256/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31121	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020854	[email protected]
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-007.txt	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	2.6.26.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.26.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 3, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]