Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Linux Kernel SCTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21945
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21945/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Linux Kernel 2.6.x
http://secunia.com/product/2719/
Linux Kernel 2.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/763/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
SCTP sockets. This can be exploited to crash the Kernel by opening a
SCTP socket with a special SO_LINGER value.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users only.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sridhar Samudrala
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