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CVE-2010-4251
Published: May 26, 2011
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console
mailing-list
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46397
third-party-advisory
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[netdev] 20100302 [PATCH 1/8] net: add limit for socket backlog
mailing-list
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46637
vdb-entry
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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303
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