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.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397	Broken Link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8eae939f1400326b06d0c9afe53d2a484a326871

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2011-05-26 09:55

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:28

NVD link : CVE-2010-4251

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4251

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

vmware

esx

linux

linux_kernel

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