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CVE-2006-3085

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3085 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the xt_sctp module of the Linux kernel's netfilter, affecting versions prior to 2.6.17.1. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an infinite loop by sending a specially crafted SCTP chunk with a zero length. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity with a network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0314 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.1
secunia.com / advisories/20703
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20831
secunia.com / advisories/21045
secunia.com / advisories/21179
secunia.com / advisories/21498
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27384
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
osvdb.org / 26680
securityfocus.com / archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18550
trustix.org / errata/2006/0037
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2451