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TITLE:
Linux Kernel SCTP Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20917

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20917/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Linux Kernel 2.6.x
http://secunia.com/product/2719/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling SCTP
packets without a chunk. This can be exploited to crash the kernel by
sending a specially crafted SCTP packet to a vulnerable system.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.16.23 or 2.6.17.3.
http://www.kernel.org

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits George A. Theall.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.23
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.3

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