CVE-2006-3085

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

xt_sctp in netfilter for Linux kernel before 2.6.17.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an SCTP chunk with a 0 length.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+142)

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/20703
http://secunia.com/advisories/20831
http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
http://secunia.com/advisories/21498
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016347
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
http://www.osvdb.org/26680
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded

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