Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2006-2934
SCTP conntrack (ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c) in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.17 before 2.6.17.3 and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet without any chunks, which causes a variable to contain an invalid value that is later used to dereference a pointer.
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: 0.052 (92.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.052 · newest: 0.052 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.16, 2.6.16.1, 2.6.16.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-331-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/26963 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21934 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20917 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/21298 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439610/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)