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FKIE_CVE-2010-4161

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-12-30 19:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:24
Severity
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42789
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/46397
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146404.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64497
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146404.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64497
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18
redhat enterprise_linux 5

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