CVE-2010-4161

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/42789

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146404.html

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64497

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2