Check Point Advisories

Linux Kernel SCTP Duplicate Cookie Handling Denial of Service (CVE-2013-2206)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-2952
Date Published: 18 Nov 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Saturday 04 January, 2025
Source: CVE-2013-2206
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Linux Kernel Project Kernel prior to 3.8.5
Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered in the SCTP network module of the Linux kernel.
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to improper handling of duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunks. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious packets to cause a NULL pointer dereference. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could crash the vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

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

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

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Linux Kernel SCTP Duplicate Cookie Handling Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: DHCP Protocol Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Linux Kernel SCTP Duplicate Cookie Handling Denial of Service

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