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CVE-2006-1858

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash...

7.8 High

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunk length that is inconsistent with the actual length of provided parameters.

Exploit likelihood

6.28%Down 1.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunk length that is inconsistent with the actual length of provided parameters.

Record
CVE-2006-1858
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunk length that is inconsistent with the actual length of provided parameters.

Record
CVE-2006-1858
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-1858 No score

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunk length that is inconsistent with the actual length of provided parameters.

Record
EUVD-2006-1858
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8765-hghf-r7cc No score

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash...

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunk length that is inconsistent with the actual length of provided parameters.

Record
GHSA-8765-hghf-r7cc
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-source-2.4.27
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
 before 2.4.27-10sarge3, plus listed versions
2.4.27-102.4.27-10sarge12.4.27-10sarge2
2.4.27-10sarge3
kernel-source-2.6.8
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.6.8-16sarge3, plus listed versions
2.6.8-162.6.8-16sarge12.6.8-16sarge2
2.6.8-16sarge3
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-1858 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Linux Kernel, published May 22, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.28%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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