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USN-2441-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-2441-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/10/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/15/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-386
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-ia64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-lpia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-powerpc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-preempt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-sparc64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-sparc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-versatile
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-70-virtual

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