CVE-2018-5803

Public on 2018-04-19

Modified on 2018-05-10

Description

An error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP, packet length can be exploited by a malicious local user to cause a kernel crash and a DoS.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	kernel	2018-04-19 04:44	ALAS-2018-993

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-5803 Mitre: CVE-2018-5803 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity