CVE-2010-4251

CVSS V2 High 7.8 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-4251
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2011-05-26T16:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:28:25
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.34
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8eae939f1400326b06d0c9afe53d2a484a326871 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4251
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4251
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:31 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:04:27 2023-02-13T04:28:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:04:27 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated