PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2010-4251Code injection
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.022 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.1%
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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux_kernel | lt | 2.6.34 | |
| enterprise_linux | eq | 4.0 | |
| esx | eq | 4.1 | |
| esx | eq | 4.0 |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8eae939f1400326b06d0c9afe53d2a484a326871
kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.022 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.1%