CVE-2006-3745 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a system panic and potentially gain root privileges via a vulnerability in the Linux kernel SCTP implementation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2006-3745?

CVE-2006-3745 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Aug 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the sctp_make_abort_user function in the SCTP implementation in Linux 2.6.x before 2.6.17.10 and 2.4.23 up to 2.4.33 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly gain root privileges via unknown attack vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3745?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3745?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-3745 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pxhf-5r4j-r937.

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