CVE-2018-5803 - Vulncode-DB

CVE-2018-5803 (NVD)

2018-06-12

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.

Products	Debian_linux, Linux_kernel, Enterprise_linux_desktop, Enterprise_linux_server, Enterprise_linux_workstation, Virtualization_host
Type	Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
First patch	- None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links	• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.25 • https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-sctp/msg07036.html • https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=07f2c7ab6f8d0a7e7c5764c4e6cc9c52951b9d9c • https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.121 • https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.15.8 More/Less (21) • https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.102 • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/ • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/ • https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 • https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81331/ • https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg482523.html • https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/ • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/ • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/ • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 • https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 • https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-2/ • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/ • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0641 • https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.51 • https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.87 • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/