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CVE-2010-4251
- EPSS 3.89%
- Veröffentlicht 26.05.2011 16:55:03
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 16.06.2026 23:24:26
- 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 | 3.89% | 0.89 |
| 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
|
| 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.
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8eae939f1400326b06d0c9afe53d2a484a326871
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303