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CVE-2010-4161 (GCVE-0-2010-4161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-30 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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2010-11-10 00:00
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