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CVE-2010-4251 (GCVE-0-2010-4251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-05-26 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
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Summary
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.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2010-03-02 00:00
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