# CVE-2009-0065: Buffer overflow in net/sctp/sm\_statefuns.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-01-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-git8 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an FWD-TSN (aka FORWARD-TSN) chunk with a large stream ID.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1055.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01832118
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/15024/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33113
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35174
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33674
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fcb95a105758b81ef0131cd18e2db5149f13e95
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36191
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478800
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0029
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10872
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8556

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