CVE-2014-4667 Information

Description

The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly manage a certain backlog value which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3068.html http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3069.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59777 http://secunia.com/advisories/59790 http://secunia.com/advisories/60564 http://secunia.com/advisories/60596 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/27/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68224 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113967 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee