CVE-2007-2876

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-06-11
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The sctp_new function in (1) ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c and (2) nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c in Netfilter in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by causing certain invalid states that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.1
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0488	2007-06-26
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2007-0488	2007-06-26
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2007-0488	2007-06-26
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14