CVE - CVE-2010-4161

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-4161	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:20101118 Re: Kernel 0-day URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845 MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:42789 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:ADV-2011-0024 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0004 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html MISC:[netdev] 20101110 Re: [PATCH] Prevent reading uninitialized memory with socket filters URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146404.html MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534 MISC:kernel-udpqueuercvskb-dos(64497) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64497
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20101104	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20101104)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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