CVE-2014-3688
published 2014-11-30CVE-2014-3688: 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…
PriorityP427medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
5.85%
92.4th percentile
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.
Affected
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel regression
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-19·CVSS 7.5
[HIGH] Linux kernel regression
Title: Linux kernel regression
Summary: USN-2448-1 introduced a regression in the Linux kernel.
USN-2448-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated
regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-19·CVSS 7.5
[HIGH] Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression
Title: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression
Summary: USN-2447-1 introduced a regression in the Linux kernel.
USN-2447-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated
regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly h
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-3673 [HIGH] Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle
faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register in the x86
architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-9322)
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly han
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-3673 [HIGH] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle
faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register in the x86
architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-9322)
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private s
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-3673 [HIGH] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle
faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register in the x86
architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-9322)
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private s
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-3673 [HIGH] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control
Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A
remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2014-3673)
A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control
Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-3673 [HIGH] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle
faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register in the x86
architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-9322)
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly han
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-3673 [HIGH] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control
Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A
remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2014-3673)
A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control
Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kerne
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-11-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2014-3610 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Nadav Amit reported that the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) mishandles
noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip
(Instruction Pointer). A guest user with access to I/O or the MMIO can use
this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) of the guest.
(CVE-2014-3647)
A flaw was discovered with the handling of the invept instruction in the
KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged
guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system
crash) on the guest. (CVE-2014-3646)
A flaw was discovered with invept instruction support when using nested EPT
in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine). An unprivileged guest user coul
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-11-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2014-3610 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Nadav Amit reported that the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) mishandles
noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip
(Instruction Pointer). A guest user with access to I/O or the MMIO can use
this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) of the guest.
(CVE-2014-3647)
A flaw was discovered with the handling of the invept instruction in the
KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged
guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system
crash) on the guest. (CVE-2014-3646)
A flaw was discovered with invept instruction support when using nested EPT
in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine). An unprivileged guest u
Red Hat
kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing
vendor_redhat·2014-10-09·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2014-3688 [MEDIUM] kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing
kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing
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.
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation handled the association's output queue. A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets that would cause the system to use an excessive amount of memory, leading to a denial of service.
Statement: This issue does affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. Future Linux kernel updates for the respec
Debian
CVE-2014-3688: linux - The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows remote attacker...
vendor_debian·2014·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2014-3688 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-3688: linux - The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows remote attacker...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.16.7-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.16.7-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.16.7-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.16.7-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.16.7-1)
GHSA
GHSA-v2ph-65j5-h6m5: The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2014-3688 [MEDIUM] GHSA-v2ph-65j5-h6m5: The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3
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.
OSV
linux-lts-utopic regression
osv·2014-12-19·CVSS 7.5
[HIGH] linux-lts-utopic regression
linux-lts-utopic regression
USN-2447-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated
regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall
numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a den
OSV
linux vulnerabilities
osv·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-9322 [HIGH] linux vulnerabilities
linux vulnerabilities
Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle
faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register in the x86
architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-9322)
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall
numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
OSV
linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
osv·2014-12-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-9322 [HIGH] linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle
faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register in the x86
architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-9322)
An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the
high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to
obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the
kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)
Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace
subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall
numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
OSV
CVE-2014-3688: The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3
osv·2014-11-30·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2014-3688 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-3688: The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-3688 kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2014-10-22·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2014-3688 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-3688 kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing [fedora-all]
CVE-2014-3688 kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple support
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-3688 kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing
bugzilla·2014-10-22·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2014-3688 [MEDIUM] CVE-2014-3688 kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing
CVE-2014-3688 kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing
It was found that Linux kernel's sctp stack is prone to remotely triggerable
memory pressure issue caused by excessive queueing.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause denial-of-service conditions on
the system.
Upstream commmit:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=26b87c7881006311828bb0ab271a551a62dcceb4
Discussion:
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1155751]
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Statement:
This issue does affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. Future Linux kernel updates for the respective releases will address this issue.
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kernel-3.16.6-202.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If probl
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2014-11-30
Published