CVE-2006-2275
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-667
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c3ceb4fb9667f34f1599a062efecf4cdc4a4ce5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htmAdvisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17955Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0026