Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
20.62% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-2040110
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Oct 2014

Introduced: 9 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3688  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs 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-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an association's output queue, as demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c.

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