CVE-2006-2274

high

Description

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and crash) via a packet that contains two or more DATA fragments, which causes an skb pointer to refer back to itself when the full message is reassembled, leading to infinite recursion in the sctp_skb_pull function.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9531

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26432

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-2275

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554

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

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

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

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html

http://www.osvdb.org/25746

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

http://secunia.com/advisories/21745

http://secunia.com/advisories/21476

http://secunia.com/advisories/21045

http://secunia.com/advisories/20914

http://secunia.com/advisories/20716

http://secunia.com/advisories/20671

http://secunia.com/advisories/20398

http://secunia.com/advisories/20237

http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=672e7cca17ed6036a1756ed34cf20dbd72d5e5f6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-09

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03815