CVE-2010-1173

CVE-2010-1173 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The sctp_process_unk_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.3 and earlier, when SCTP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SCTPChunkInit packet containing multiple invalid parameters that require a large amount of error data.

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