CVE-2006-2271

Upstream information

CVE-2006-2271 at MITRE

Description

The ECNE chunk handling in Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an unexpected chunk when the session is in CLOSED state.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 173800 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2006:028, published Wed, 31 May 2006 18:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:41:57 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:16:11 2023