CVE-2010-4161

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.12%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146404.html mailing list patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64497 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845 mailing list exploit
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698 patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4161?
CVE-2010-4161 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4161?
To fix CVE-2010-4161, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4161 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4161 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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