RULE(RULE ID:705041)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2010-03-09
Rule Name: DOS Linux Kernel SCTP Chunkless Packet denial of service -1
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
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.
Impact: Remote code execution
Affected OS: Others
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:18755
CVE-2006-2934
Solutions
Update vendor's patch.