CVE-2007-2876

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The sctp_new function in (1) ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c and (2) nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c in Netfilter in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by causing certain invalid states that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

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 (+246)

References

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118128610219959&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118128622431272&w=2
http://osvdb.org/37112
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
http://secunia.com/advisories/25961
http://secunia.com/advisories/26133
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
http://secunia.com/advisories/26450
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620
http://secunia.com/advisories/26664

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