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title: CVE-2008-2826
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2826
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# CVE-2008-2826

Publication date 2 July 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Integer overflow in the sctp\_getsockopt\_local\_addrs\_old function in
net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp)
functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to
cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via
vectors involving a large addr\_num field in an sctp\_getaddrs\_old data
structure.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

Gabriel Campana discovered that SCTP routines did not correctly check
for large addresses. A local user could exploit this to allocate all
available memory, leading to a denial of service.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2826#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.24-19.36 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.15 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.15-52.69 |
| linux-source-2.6.20 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.6.20-17.37 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.22 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.6.22-15.56 |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

linux-2.6: 735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
was reported at one point as CVE-2008-2372

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2826)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2826)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-2826)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2826)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-625-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-625-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 15 July 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2826>