CVE-2010-1173

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-05-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The sctp_process_unk_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.3 and earlier, when SCTP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SCTPChunkInit packet containing multiple invalid parameters that require a large amount of error data.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.33.3; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+398)

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/159531
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5fa782c2f5ef6c2e4f04d3e228412c9b4a4c8809
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-31052
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127251068407878&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/6
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html

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