CVE-2014-5077 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (through 3.15.8) affecting Canonical, Red Hat, and SUSE distributions, specifically within the sctp_assoc_update function when SCTP authentication is enabled. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash (OOPS) by initiating a new SCTP association immediately after a previous association between the same endpoints is established in the reverse direction. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its complete availability impact with medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.6.24, < 3.2.63CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.3, < 3.4.103CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.5, < 3.10.53CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.11, < 3.12.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.13, < 3.14.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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