CVE-2010-4161

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-12-30

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04

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