← Database

CVE-2008-4576

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2008-10-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-287, NVD-CWE-noinfo

References