# CVE-2006-2934: SCTP conntrack (ip\_conntrack\_proto\_sctp.c) in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.17 before 2.6.17.3 and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.23 allows remote at

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-06-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SCTP conntrack (ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c) in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.17 before 2.6.17.3 and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet without any chunks, which causes a variable to contain an invalid value that is later used to dereference a pointer.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-331-1
- http://www.osvdb.org/26963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21934
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20917
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21298
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439610/100/100/threaded
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197387
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.3
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21614
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/717844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21498
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20986
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10932
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c48e1ea8cf8800cc5e2d39ccbb8b5ff9704f8e9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18755

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