CVE-2010-4161

CVE Details

Release Date:2010-12-30
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


The udp_queue_rcv_skb function in net/ipv4/udp.c in a certain Red Hat build of the Linux kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) by sending UDP traffic to a socket that has a crafted socket filter, a related issue to CVE-2010-4158.

See more information about CVE-2010-4161 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 4.9
Vector String: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2011-00042011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-00042011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-00042011-01-04


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