CVE-2006-2272

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux 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.

Affected products

Lksctp Stream Control Transmission Protocol: through 2.6.16

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0227.html
http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=62b08083ec3dbfd7e533c8d230dd1d8191a6e813
http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200605-01.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/19990
http://secunia.com/advisories/20157
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
http://secunia.com/advisories/20671
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://secunia.com/advisories/21476
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745

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