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USN-2448-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-2448-1: 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-3-16-0-28-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-28-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-28-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-28-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-28-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-28-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-28-powerpc64-smp

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