CVE-2010-3432 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3432?

CVE-2010-3432 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Nov 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The sctp_packet_config function in net/sctp/output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.6 performs extraneous initializations of packet data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a certain sequence of SCTP traffic.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3432?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3432?

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-2010-3432 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3432 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r446-qh2r-fgc7.