Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
90.79% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-2040463
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Oct 2014

Introduced: 9 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1