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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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