CVE-2014-7841

Public on 2014-11-30
Modified on 2014-12-18
Description
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation validated INIT chunks when performing Address Configuration Change (ASCONF). A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by sending a specially crafted SCTP packet to trigger a NULL pointer dereference on the system.
Severity
Important severity
Important
See what this means
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2014-12-03 ALAS-2014-455 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 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-7841 Mitre: CVE-2014-7841