Check Point Advisories

Linux Kernel sctp_rcv_ootb Remote Denial of Service (CVE-2010-0008)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-449
Date Published: 1 Jun 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 20 October, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-0008
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Linux is a popular open-source operating system in which the kernel and other programs related to the operating systems are developed by a group of volunteers. The Linux network protocol stack provides support for Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) in addition to more popular transport protocols like TCP and UDP. A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Linux kernel. The vulnerability is due to an error while handling Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) requests, which could cause an infinite loop. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious packets to a target server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can exhaust the CPU and network resources creating a denial of service condition.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Linux Kernel sctp_rcv_ootb Remote Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  ICMP Protocol Violation.

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