Security Advisory
CVE-2014-7841
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Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
November 30, 2014
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory