Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-kdump package, versions <0:2.6.32-504.3.3.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
20.62% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMP-1492201
  • 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)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump to version 0:2.6.32-504.3.3.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1997.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump package and not the kernel-kdump package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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.

CVSS Scores

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