CVE-2008-4576: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sctp in Linux kernel before 2.6.25.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an INIT-ACK that states the peer does not support AUTH, which causes the sctp_process_init function to clean up active transports and triggers the OOPS when the T1-Init timer expires.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.25.17; version 2.2.27 only; version 2.4.36 only; version 2.4.36.1 only; version 2.4.36.2 only; version 2.4.36.3 only; …

Published 2008-10-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.