UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7841

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7841

    Published: 29 Nov 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7841
    Aliases:
    USN-2441-1
    USN-2442-1
    USN-2443-1

    Summary:

    Details: The sctp_process_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a malformed INIT chunk.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7841, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2441-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2442-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2443-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2444-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2465-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2466-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2467-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2468-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7841

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-44.73

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High