CVE-2014-3688

Linux Kernel < 3.17.4 - Denial of Service via SCTP Output Queue Chunk Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an association's output queue, as demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/8
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155745
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0062.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0115.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0585
EPSS Percentile 92.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (44)
linux/linux_kernel 3.0 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.1
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.2
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.3
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.4
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.5
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.6
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.7
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.8
linux/linux_kernel 3.0.9
... and 34 more
Published Nov 30, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026