CVE-2006-2275

HIGH

Lksctp Stream Control Transmission Protocol - Improper Locking

Title source: rule

Description

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."

References (11)

Core 11

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26433

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17955

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/20716

Broken Link vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11295

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c3ceb4fb9667f34f1599a062efecf4cdc4a4ce5

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_trustix

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0026

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/21465

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/22417

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0328

EPSS Percentile 86.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-667

Status published

Products (4)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 5.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 5.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06

lksctp/stream_control_transmission_protocol < 2.6.17

Published May 09, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026