Buffer overflow in SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute…

Description

Buffer overflow in SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed HB-ACK chunk.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (26)

• SUSE-SA:2006:042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2006-2554 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 21476 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 25695 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 18085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-302-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• DSA-1097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0575 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• linux-sctp-hback-dos(26584) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 21465 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21498 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21045 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 22417 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20671 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:27 UTC.