64557 : Linux Kernel net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c sctp_process_unk_param Function SCTPChunkInit Packet Remote DoS
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Disclosure Date
2010-04-29

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-1173" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The sctp_process_unk_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.3 and earlier, when SCTP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SCTPChunkInit packet containing multiple invalid parameters that require a large amount of error data.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2010-1173 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 39794
Secunia Advisory ID: 39830 40218 40418 40420 40833 41023 43315 43880 44190
Other Advisory URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/159531
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/6
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5fa782c2f5ef6c2e4f04d3e228412c9b4a4c8809
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-31052
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2010/msg00096.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-03/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00003.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584645
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2010-August/001134.html
Mail List Post: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127251068407878&w=2
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086845
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0504.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0631.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-05-10 | Disagree?

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