CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3085

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the xt_sctp module of netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.17.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by sending an SCTP chunk with a length of 0.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely cause a system hang or significant performance degradation, potentially leading to unavailability of network services.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to version 2.6.17.1 or later to eliminate the vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

xt_sctp in netfilter for Linux kernel before 2.6.17.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an SCTP chunk with a 0 length.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS