CVE-2008-4576 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SCTP implementation of the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.25.18. A remote attacker can trigger an OOPS by sending a specially crafted INIT-ACK message that causes a cleanup of active transports, leading to a system crash when the T1-Init timer expires. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity with a network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has received significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.25.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.36.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.36.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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