K16025 : Linux kernel SCTP vulnerability CVE-2014-3688

Security Advisory Description

The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an association’s output queue, as demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c. (CVE-2014-3688)
Impact
This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an association’s output queue.