Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Socket Filter udp_queue_rcv_skb resource management

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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function udp_queue_rcv_skb of the component Socket Filter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 12/30/2010 as Bug 651698 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-4161. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51426 (CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:0004)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155552 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Kernel Security, Bug Fix, and Enhancement Update (ELSA-2011-0004)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (51426). Similar entries are available at 55571, 55567, 56004 and 56003.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 51426
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:0004)
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OpenVAS ID: 880516
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0004 centos5 i386
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 651698
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4161 (🔍)
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X-Force: 64497
Vulnerability Center: 28999 - Linux Kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat RHEL 5 udp_queue_rcv_skb Function Allows Denial of Service, High
SecurityFocus: 45064 - Linux Kernel 'net/' Subsystem Socket Filter CVE-2010-4161 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/07/2021 17:27
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (65), 03/13/2017 09:37 (9), 10/07/2021 17:11 (6), 10/07/2021 17:19 (1), 10/07/2021 17:27 (1)
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