Rule

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Sid
15490

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in the Linux kernel.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Buffer overflow in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-git8 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an FWD-TSN (aka FORWARD-TSN) chunk with a large stream ID.

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Affected Systems:
Linux kernel 2.2.27
Linux kernel 2.4.36
Linux kernel 2.4.36.1
Linux kernel 2.4.36.2
Linux kernel 2.4.36.3
Linux kernel 2.4.36.4
Linux kernel 2.4.36.5
Linux kernel 2.4.36.6
Linux kernel 2.6
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Linux kernel 2.6.19.4
Linux kernel 2.6.19.5
Linux kernel 2.6.19.6
Linux kernel 2.6.19.7
Linux kernel 2.6.20.16
Linux kernel 2.6.20.17
Linux kernel 2.6.20.18
Linux kernel 2.6.20.19
Linux kernel 2.6.20.20
Linux kernel 2.6.20.21
Linux kernel 2.6.21.5
Linux kernel 2.6.21.6
Linux kernel 2.6.21.7
Linux kernel 2.6.22
Linux kernel 2.6.22.1
Linux kernel 2.6.22.10
Linux kernel 2.6.22.11
Linux kernel 2.6.22.12
Linux kernel 2.6.22.13
Linux kernel 2.6.22.14
Linux kernel 2.6.22.15
Linux kernel 2.6.22.17
Linux kernel 2.6.22.18
Linux kernel 2.6.22.19
Linux kernel 2.6.22.2
Linux kernel 2.6.22.20
Linux kernel 2.6.22.21
Linux kernel 2.6.22.22
Linux kernel 2.6.22.8
Linux kernel 2.6.22.9
Linux kernel 2.6.22_rc1
Linux kernel 2.6.22_rc7
Linux kernel 2.6.23
Linux kernel 2.6.23.10
Linux kernel 2.6.23.11
Linux kernel 2.6.23.12
Linux kernel 2.6.23.13
Linux kernel 2.6.23.15
Linux kernel 2.6.23.16
Linux kernel 2.6.23.17
Linux kernel 2.6.23.8
Linux kernel 2.6.23.9
Linux kernel 2.6.23_rc1
Linux kernel 2.6.24
Linux kernel 2.6.24.1
Linux kernel 2.6.24.2
Linux kernel 2.6.24.3
Linux kernel 2.6.24.4
Linux kernel 2.6.24.5
Linux kernel 2.6.24.6
Linux kernel 2.6.24.7
Linux kernel 2.6.24_rc1
Linux kernel 2.6.24_rc4
Linux kernel 2.6.24_rc5
Linux kernel 2.6.25
Linux kernel 2.6.25
Linux kernel 2.6.25.1
Linux kernel 2.6.25.1
Linux kernel 2.6.25.10
Linux kernel 2.6.25.10
Linux kernel 2.6.25.11
Linux kernel 2.6.25.11
Linux kernel 2.6.25.12
Linux kernel 2.6.25.12
Linux kernel 2.6.25.13
Linux kernel 2.6.25.14
Linux kernel 2.6.25.15
Linux kernel 2.6.25.16
Linux kernel 2.6.25.17
Linux kernel 2.6.25.2
Linux kernel 2.6.25.2
Linux kernel 2.6.25.3
Linux kernel 2.6.25.3
Linux kernel 2.6.25.4
Linux kernel 2.6.25.4
Linux kernel 2.6.25.5
Linux kernel 2.6.25.5
Linux kernel 2.6.25.6
Linux kernel 2.6.25.6
Linux kernel 2.6.25.7
Linux kernel 2.6.25.7
Linux kernel 2.6.25.8
Linux kernel 2.6.25.8
Linux kernel 2.6.25.9
Linux kernel 2.6.25.9
Linux kernel 2.6.26
Linux kernel 2.6.26.1
Linux kernel 2.6.26.2
Linux kernel 2.6.26.3
Linux kernel 2.6.26.4
Linux kernel 2.6.26.5
Linux kernel 2.6.27

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2009-0065:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-0065
  
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