CVE-2014-3673 json
The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malfor…
published 2014-11-10 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3621
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 7.5%
- EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c.
Patch / fix
- linux linux_kernel 3.2.64, 3.4.107, 3.10.61, 3.12.34, 3.14.25, 3.16.35, 3.17.4
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.16.7-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3673
- linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-41.70
- linux-lts-utopic Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3673
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- kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
- perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
- python-perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
- kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
- kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
- kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
- kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
- kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6
red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1997RHSA-2015:0043RHSA-2015:0062RHSA-2014:1971RHSA-2015:0115
- kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.38-44.1
- kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 3.12.38-44.1
- kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 3.12.38-44.1
- kernel-source SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 3.12.38-44.1
- kernel-default SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 3.12.38-44.1
- kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 3.12.38-44.1
- kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_3 SLE Live Patching 12 1-2.2
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0529-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3673 updated cvss 7.1
kernel: sctp: skb_over_panic when receiving malformed ASCONF chunks
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernelaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmwareaffected: no fix available
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1971
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4) kernel 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0043
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5) kernel 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0062
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1971
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1997
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.4) perf 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0043
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5) perf 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0062
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, +4 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1997
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-bootwrapper 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, +4 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1971
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2) perf 2.6.32-220.58.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-220.58.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-220.58.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.58.1.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0115
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) perf 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, +3 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0043
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) perf 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, +4 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0062
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1997
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1971
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2) kernel 2.6.32-220.58.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-220.58.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.58.1.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0115
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.4) kernel 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.55.1.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0043
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.5) kernel 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.46.2.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0062
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1997
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1971
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1997
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1971
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Exploit prediction
7.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9de7922bc709eee2f609cd01d98aaedc4cf5ea74 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147850 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Technology feeds
References
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github.com
/torvalds/linux/commit/9de7922bc709eee2f609cd01d98aaedc4cf5ea74
exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1147850
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
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marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/USN-2418-1
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2015-0062.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/USN-2417-1
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2014/dsa-3060
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2015-0115.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/70883
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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linux.oracle.com
/errata/ELSA-2014-3087.html
third-party-advisory
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linux.oracle.com
/errata/ELSA-2014-3089.html
third-party-advisory
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linux.oracle.com
/errata/ELSA-2014-3088.html
third-party-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/62428
third-party-advisory, broken-link
- git.kernel.org /?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9de7922bc709eee2f609cd01d98aaedc4cf5ea74
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2014-3673
- NVD CVE-2014-3673
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.