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[SA20917] Linux Kernel SCTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-adv
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Date: Mon Jul 03 2006 - 09:02:04 CDT
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TITLE:
Linux Kernel SCTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20917
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20917/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Linux Kernel 2.6.x
http://secunia.com/product/2719/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling SCTP
packets without a chunk. This can be exploited to crash the kernel by
sending a specially crafted SCTP packet to a vulnerable system.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.16.23 or 2.6.17.3.
http://www.kernel.org
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits George A. Theall.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.23
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.3
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