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Linux Kernel SCTP Denial of Service Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20917  
Release Date: 2006-07-03
Last Update: 2006-07-17

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x


CVE reference:CVE-2006-2934 (Secunia mirror)

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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.

Changelog:
2006-07-17: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.

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

Other References:
US-CERT VU#717844:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/717844



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