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Linux Kernel SCTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21945
Release Date: 2006-09-19
Last Update: 2007-10-15
Popularity: 10,485 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Linux Kernel 2.4.x
Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of SCTP sockets. This can be exploited to crash the Kernel by opening a SCTP socket with a special SO_LINGER value.

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