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CVE-2010-4161
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)…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.51%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (11)
- [netdev] 20101110 Re: [PATCH] Prevent reading uninitialized memory with socket filters (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- kernel-udpqueuercvskb-dos(64497) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20101118 Re: Kernel 0-day (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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