The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.8 lacks chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP data.
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References
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bf911e985d6bbaa328c20c3e05f4eb03de11fdd6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0086.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0091.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0113.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0307.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/18 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94479 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037339 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397930 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf911e985d6bbaa328c20c3e05f4eb03de11fdd6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/pAUcHsUJbjk cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9555 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9555 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.588Z

Reserved: 2016-11-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9555

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-11-28T03:59:17.097

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-9555

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9555 - Bugzilla

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