Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2275
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26433
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11295
• http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c3ceb4fb9667f34f1599a062efecf4cdc4a4ce5
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17955
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0026
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
• http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c3ceb4fb9667f34f1599a062efecf4cdc4a4ce5