CVE-2014-0101
Public on 2014-03-11
Modified on 2014-09-18
Description
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel processed an authenticated COOKIE_ECHO chunk during the initialization of an SCTP connection. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by initiating a specially crafted SCTP handshake in order to trigger a NULL pointer dereference on the system.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2014-03-24 | ALAS-2014-317 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |