Vulnerability CVE-2006-2275
Published: 2006-05-09   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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."

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Lksctp -> Stream control transmission protocol 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c3ceb4fb9667f34f1599a062efecf4cdc4a4ce5
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11295
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26433
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0026
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17955
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
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