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Fixes to security issues CVE-2006-1857 and CVE-2006-1858

Released: Jan 30, 2008 Updated: Jan 30, 2008

Description

Vulnerability Summary CVE-2006-1858

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.

Vulnerability Summary CVE-2006-1857

Buffer overflow in 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 malformed HB-ACK chunk. IDENTIFIER = WIND00114913-PNELE1.4

Product Version

Linux Platforms 1.x

Downloads

WIND00114917.zip

Installation Notes

Unzip the patch under [install_dir]/updates

2. Install the patch CD by entering the patch CD directory and run setup_linux.

3. This is a source only patch so you will have to build the kernel

4. Issue a make fs and make the kernel in a configured directory.

6. Upload the kernel and rootfs into the target and boot it up.