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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2014-4667

CVE-2014-4667

Published:July 03, 2014

Updated:May 17, 2026

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.

Related Resources (21)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-4667

http://secunia.com/advisories/60564

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4667

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3068.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113967

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3069.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/60596

http://secunia.com/advisories/59790

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/27/11

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4667

http://secunia.com/advisories/59777

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68224

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CVSS v3

Base Score:

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:

5

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

EPSS

Base Score:

14.14