CVE-2010-1173 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1173?

CVE-2010-1173 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1173?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1173?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2010-1173 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1173 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c3vg-xm2h-hqc2.