Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1527

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU95585

Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1527

Published: May 4, 2006 / Updated: October 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95585
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1527
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The SCTP-netfilter code in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.13 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors that cause an invalid SCTP chunk size to be processed by the for_each_sctp_chunk function. Upgrade to Linux Kernel version 2.6.16.13 : http://www.kernel.org/


How to mitigate CVE-2006-1527

Install update from vendor's repository.

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