CVE-2006-2272

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-2272
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-09 16:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionLinux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via incoming IP fragmented (1) COOKIE_ECHO and (2) HEARTBEAT SCTP control chunks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS: 0.081260000 probability, percentile 0.921780000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lksctp Stream Control Transmission Protocol All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
usn/usn-302-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Mandriva update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Linux Kernel SCTP Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel Multiple SCTP Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Ubuntu update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
www.osvdb.org/25633 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0227.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Patch
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1097-1 kernel-source-2.4.27 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200605-01.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.musecurity.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1103-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ASA-2006-161 (RHSA-2006-0493) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0026 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.27 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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