CVE-2010-1173

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-05-07
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.1
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0474	2010-06-16
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.26.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0474	2010-06-16
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.26.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0474	2010-06-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0504	2010-07-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0504	2010-07-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0504	2010-07-01