CVE-2006-2272

Description

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via incoming IP fragmented (1) COOKIE_ECHO and (2) HEARTBEAT SCTP control chunks.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.38% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory musecurity.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html	vendor advisory
http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200605-01.txt	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19990	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554	vdb entry
http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=62b08083ec3dbfd7e533c8d230dd1d8191a6e813
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21476	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17910	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html	vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25633	vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0227.html	mailing list patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0026	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1734	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20671	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26431	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20157	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11243	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2272?: CVE-2006-2272 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2272?: To fix CVE-2006-2272, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2272 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2272 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.