CVE-2008-2826

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-06-21
Bugzilla:
452478: CVE-2008-2826 kernel: sctp: sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old() potential overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-2826 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) RHSA-2008:0585 2008-08-26

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