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CVE-2010-4251

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version < 2.6.34
VMwareEsx Version4.0
VMwareEsx Version4.1
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version4.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 2.15% 0.827
CVSS Metriken
Source 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
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.