CVE-2018-5803

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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VIR risk

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Description

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.15.11-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.15.11-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.15.11-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.15.11-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.15.11-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5803.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5803

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