F5 Networks: K16016 (CVE-2014-7841): Linux kernel SCTP vulnerability CVE-2014-7841
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
11/29/2014
07/25/2018
02/16/2017
10/13/2017
Description
The sctp_process_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a malformed INIT chunk.
Solution(s)
- f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest
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