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CVE-2006-2275

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock)...

7.5 High

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.60%Up 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."

Record
CVE-2006-2275
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-667
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."

Record
CVE-2006-2275
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-2276 No score

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."

Record
EUVD-2006-2276
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j2xg-37rj-vrf9 7.5

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock)...

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a large number of small messages to a receiver application that cannot process the messages quickly enough, which leads to "spillover of the receive buffer."

Record
GHSA-j2xg-37rj-vrf9
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-667
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2006-2275 7.5

CVE-2006-2275 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2006-2275
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.EL
0:2.6.9-42.EL

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-2275 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published May 9, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.60%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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