7.8
CVE-2010-4251
- EPSS 2.15%
- Veröffentlicht 26.05.2011 16:55:03
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 11.04.2025 00:51:21
- Quelle secalert@redhat.com
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The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by netperf UDP tests.
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Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 2.6.34
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version4.0
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 2.15% | 0.827 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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| nvd@nist.gov | 7.8 | 10 | 6.9 |
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.