CVE-2007-2876

Upstream information

CVE-2007-2876 at MITRE

Description

The sctp_new function in (1) ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c and (2) nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c in Netfilter in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by causing certain invalid states that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.1
Vector	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Adjacent Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 282234 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2007:043, published Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SA:2007:051, published Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SA:2007:053, published Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86	kernel-bigsmp >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-default >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-smp >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-source >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-syms >= 2.6.5-7.287.3	Builds YOU Patch Nr: 11835
Open Enterprise Server	kernel-bigsmp >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-debug >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-default >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-smp >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-source >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-syms >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-um >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 um-host-install-initrd >= 1.0-48.24.1 um-host-kernel >= 2.6.5-7.287.3	Builds YOU Patch Nr: 11835
SUSE LINUX 10.0	Intel-536ep >= 4.69-0.2 kernel-bigsmp >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-bigsmp-nongpl >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-default >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-default-nongpl >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-iseries64 >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-ppc64 >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-smp >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-smp-nongpl >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-source >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-syms >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-um >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-um-nongpl >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-xen >= 2.6.13-15.16 kernel-xen-nongpl >= 2.6.13-15.16 um-host-kernel >= 2.6.13-15.16
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64	kernel-default >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-smp >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-source >= 2.6.5-7.287.3 kernel-syms >= 2.6.5-7.287.3	core9.x86-64 YOU Patch Nr: 11815
SUSE LINUX 10.1	kernel-bigsmp >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-debug >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-default >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-iseries64 >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-kdump >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-ppc64 >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-smp >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-source >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-syms >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-um >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-xen >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kernel-xenpae >= 2.6.16.53-0.8 kexec-tools >= 1.101-32.42 mkinitrd >= 1.2-106.58 multipath-tools >= 0.4.6-25.21 open-iscsi >= 2.0.707-0.25 udev >= 085-30.40