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.
References
Link | Resource |
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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 | Broken Link |
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 | Broken Link |
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 | Broken Link |
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2011-05-26T16:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-10T18:57:01
Reserved: 2010-11-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-4251
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2011-05-26T16:55:03.347
Modified: 2023-02-13T04:28:25.427
Link: CVE-2010-4251
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE