CVE-2010-4161

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4161
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-30 19:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Re: [PATCH] Prevent reading uninitialized memory with socket filters — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Patch
Bug 652534 – CVE-2010-4161 kernel: rhel5 commit 6865201191 caused deadlock af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 651698 – CVE-2010-4158 kernel: socket filters infoleak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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