High severity · published Nov 10, 2014
CVE-2014-3673
The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to…
7.5
CVSS
7.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.5% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.12 before 3.2.64; 3.3 before 3.4.107; 3.5 before 3.10.61; 3.11 before 3.12.34; 3.13 before 3.14.25; 3.15 before 3.16.35; +1 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Mrg · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
EV
Evergreen · Opensuse
11.4 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
5; 6; 7 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension · Suse
12 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10; 11; 11; 12 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3673
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3673
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9de7922bc709eee2f609cd01d98aaedc4cf5ea74
Third Party Advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3087.html
Third Party Advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3088.html
Third Party Advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3089.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html
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