CVE-2007-2876 Information

Description

The sctp_new function in (1) ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c and (2) nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c in Netfilter in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20.13 and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by causing certain invalid states that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Reference

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