CVE-2006-2934 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2934?

CVE-2006-2934 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jun 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SCTP conntrack (ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c) in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.17 before 2.6.17.3 and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet without any chunks, which causes a variable to contain an invalid value that is later used to dereference a pointer.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2934?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2934?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2006-2934 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2934 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cgpm-q5xg-28fg.