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Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2018-5803

MEDIUM5.5

In the Linux Kernel before version 4

Published Jun 12, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

References

ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0641 WEBhttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.102 WEBhttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.51 WEBhttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.25 WEBhttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.15.8 WEBhttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.121 WEBhttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.87 WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=07f2c7ab6f8d0a7e7c5764c4e6cc9c52951b9d9c WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html ADVISORYhttps://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81331/WEBhttps://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5803 ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 WEBhttps://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-sctp/msg07036.html WEBhttps://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg482523.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

PublishedJun 12, 2018

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

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