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Red Hat: CVE-2021-3772: CVE-2021-3772 kernel: sctp: Invalid chunks may be used to remotely remove existing associations (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-3772: CVE-2021-3772 kernel: sctp: Invalid chunks may be used to remotely remove existing associations (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/02/2022
Created
05/14/2022
Added
05/13/2022
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux SCTP stack. A blind attacker may be able to kill an existing SCTP association through invalid chunks if the attacker knows the IP-addresses and port numbers being used and the attacker can send packets with spoofed IP addresses.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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