CVE-2008-4445 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-4445?

CVE-2008-4445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The sctp_auth_ep_set_hmacs function in net/sctp/auth.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled, does not verify that the identifier index is within the bounds established by SCTP_AUTH_HMAC_ID_MAX, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted SCTP_HMAC_IDENT IOCTL request involving the sctp_getsockopt function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4113.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4445?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4445?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2008-4445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qp66-33pv-p2qq.