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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.19777 |
| Category: | Denial of Service |
| Title: | Malformed ICMP Packets May Cause a Denial of Service (SCTP) |
| Summary: | It is possible to crash the remote host by sending it malformed ICMP packets. |
| Description: | Summary: It is possible to crash the remote host by sending it malformed ICMP packets. Vulnerability Insight: Linux Kernels older than version 2.6.13 contains a bug which may allow an attacker to cause a NULL pointer dereference by sending malformed ICMP packets, thus resulting in a kernel panic. This flaw is present only if SCTP support is enabled on the remote host. Vulnerability Impact: An attacker to make this host crash continuously, thus preventing legitimate users from using it. Solution: Update to Linux 2.6.13 or newer, or disable SCTP support. CVSS Score: 7.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N |
| Copyright | Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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