| Name | CVE-2008-4618 |
| Description | The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1681-1 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-2.6 | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.26-10 | |||
| linux-2.6.24 | source | etch | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7 | DSA-1681-1 | ||
| linux-2.6.24 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7 |
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