CVE-2008-2826 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) functionality of the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.25.9, including Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE distributions. This flaw, located in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function, allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service by providing a large addr_num field, leading to resource exhaustion and a system outage. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), it is considered a low-severity local attack requiring no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.25.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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