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CVE-2006-2934

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2934 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SCTP conntrack module (ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c) of the Linux kernel, affecting versions 2.6.17 before 2.6.17.3 and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.23. A remote attacker can trigger a system crash by sending a malformed SCTP packet lacking any chunks, leading to an invalid pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.16.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.16.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0520 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-42.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2934Important

security flaw

Jun 30, 2006

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20917
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20986
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21179
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21298
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21465
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21498
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21614
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21934
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22417
Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-488
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10932
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/717844
US Government Resource
kernel.org / git
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.23
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.3
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
osvdb.org / 26963
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/439610/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18755
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-331-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-346-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2623
Vendor Advisory