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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Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 01:20
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8eae939f1400326b06d0c9afe53d2a484a326871 - | |
References | () http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread - Broken Link | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2011-05-26 16:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:20
NVD link : CVE-2010-4251
Mitre link : CVE-2010-4251
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-4251
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Products Affected
vmware
- esx
redhat
- enterprise_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption