National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1527

Overview

The SCTP-netfilter code in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.13 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors that cause an invalid SCTP chunk size to be processed by the for_each_sctp_chunk function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Upgrade to Linux Kernel version 2.6.16.13 : http://www.kernel.org/}

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1632

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1632

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.13

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.13

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10373

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10373

External Source: XF

Name: linux-sctp-netfilter-dos(26194)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26194

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-302-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2006-0024

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024

External Source: BID

Name: 17806

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17806

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0493

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25229

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25229

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:028

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:086

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21745

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21745

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20716

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20716

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20398

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20398

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20237

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20237

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20157

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20157

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19926

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19926

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10373

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10373