CVE-2013-2206

Linux Kernel vulnerability

CVSS

5.4

EPSS

4.7%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.5 does not properly handle associations during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP traffic.

Affected vendor

Linux

Affected product

Linux Kernel

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Published

2013-07-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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