--- title: "CVE-2008-4445\n | Ubuntu" 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-2008-4445?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-4445 Publication date 6 October 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4445?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.24-21.43 | | 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 | Not affected | | linux-source-2.6.20 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 7.04 feisty | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | linux-source-2.6.22 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees) The linked patch fixes this and CVE-2008-4113 ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4445) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4445) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4445) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4445) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-659-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-659-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 27 October 2008 ### Other references *