Vulnerability in Lksctp Stream Control Transmission Protocol
CVE-2006-2274
Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and crash) via a packet that contains two or more DATA fragments, which causes an skb pointer to refer back to itself when the full message is reassembled, leading to infinite recursion in the sctp_skb_pull function.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Lksctp Stream Control Transmission Protocol — versions 2.6.17
References
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17955 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20716 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21476 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21745 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)